tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 13 13:21:51 1996
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Re: KLBC-double-object verbs
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC-double-object verbs
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 16:20:29 -0500 (EST)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]> (message from MarcRuehlaender on Wed, 13 Mar 1996 00:48:12 -0800)
>Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 00:48:12 -0800
>From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
>thus ghaHvaD yInob = give it to him = 'oH yInob
>what's wrong with that?
Only that it's more likely to be read as "Give it," with an explicitly
stated object. Without the "ghaHvaD", there's no clue that you meant it.
The "yI-" prefix could just as easily be referring to the stated "'oH".
~mark