tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Nov 30 14:10:18 1996
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RE: KLBC: TKD page 38
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: TKD page 38
- Date: Sat, 30 Nov 96 21:54:23 UT
November 30, 1996 11:09 AM, jatlh Andrew 'Ska' Netherton:
> > The second example of a verb using {moH} is a command. Does the
"something"
> > within the parenthesis mean that I can use a direct object in that type of
> > sentence. If I do, aren't I using a double object construction? May I
use
> > transitive and intransitive verbs?
>
> From what I see (and by all means *please* don't take my word for
> it), it looks like there is only an object in the imperitive sense.
> Actually, all that example is is a verb with a suffix and a prefix.
Holidays may delay me, but I've read every message and responded! I'm still
here! Please don't answer KLBC questions before I do. Here's why:
> So, by my way of thinking (which isn't up to snuff yet, right
> Qov?) you could easily put a direct object in there:
>
> HIQoymoH Ha'DIbaH! (let me hear the animal)
>
> Comments from the Grammarians? jIqImrup....
This is not correct. {HIQoymoH} means "cause me to hear." The object is
"me." TKD adds "(something)" to the translation, but this is not an
invitation to add a second object. If I say {jIQoy}, it means "I hear," but
what exactly I hear is not specified. But I do hear something! This is what
is going on with the translation of {HIQoymoH}.
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