tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 24 22:55:12 1997
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Re: KLBC: -vaD
On Wed, 24 Dec 1997, Voragh wrote:
> "This suffix indicates that the noun to which it is attached is in some
>way the beneficiary of the action, the person or thing for whom or for which the
>activity occurs.
> "While the object of the verb is the recipient of the action, the indirect
>object may be considered the beneficiary. In a Klingon sentence, the indirect object
>precedes the object and is suffixed with the Type 5 noun suffix {-vaD} `for, intended
>for.' The suffix may be attached to either a noun or a pronoun." (TKD 180)
Perhaps:
SormeyvaD Sajatlh
"I speak to all of you for the trees." Or have I said "I speak to all
you trees"? How do I make it clear that {Sormey} is the indirect
object, when the d.o. is contained in the prefix with the subject?
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Scott D. Randel
tera'ngan thlIngan Hol ghojwI'