tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Nov 15 19:42:40 1997
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Re: same verb for "to X" and "to cause someone to X"
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: same verb for "to X" and "to cause someone to X"
- Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 19:42:28 -0800
At 09:55 97-11-15 -0800, qoror wrote:
}ghItlh Anthony Appleyard
}> Are there any Klingon verbs that can mean both "to X" and "to cause to
}X"?
}
}We have four of them that we know of at the moment. Probably some more.
Exactly. Because we have a way to show the difference between {vem} and
{vemmoH} we assume that {vem} can never mean {vemmoH}.
}mev
}not mev peghmey. (PK)
}bIjatlh 'e' yImev! [and numerous others with a different first verb] (PK)
}
}tagh
}taghbej mu'qaD veS. (PK)
}Qu' DataghDI' 'aqtu' mellota' je tIqaw. (TKW)
}
}choH
}HIv He yIchoHmoH! (ST5, I think... I've never seen it, unfortunately.)
}ghopDu' choHpu' Qe'. (KGT. This was set as an example of translating
}idioms directly, but there was no indication that it was ungrammatical.)
}
}meQ
}meQtaHbogh juHDaq Suv qoH neH. (TKW... I'm working from memory, it might
}be different from what I put down, but it definitely had meQtaHbogh in it.)
}Ha'DIbaH meQ [translated as "burnt animals"] (CK)
}to'waQ meQ vutwI' (KGT)
Thanks qoror, you've saved me looking those up.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian