tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 17 02:17:13 1997
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Re: impersonal verbs (was: Re: ghunlu'wI')
- From: "Anthony.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: impersonal verbs (was: Re: ghunlu'wI')
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 10:16:35 GMT
- Organization: Materials Science Centre
- Priority: normal
A.Appleyard wrote:-
> The pronoun prefixes in {Dalegh} / {Daleghlu'} seem to show that {X-lu'} is
> somewhere between a pure impersonal and a pure passive. {qoreQ Daleghlu'} =
> "unspecified sees you, Korax" ...
"David Trimboli" <[email protected]> replied:-
> The name {qoreQ} here is being used as direct address. ...
> Your sentences are examples merely of direct address.
> qoreQ Daleghlu'. Korex, someone sees you.
> Daleghlu' qoreQ. Someone sees you, Korex.
But the agreement rules of the all-3rd-person "they <verb> him" prefix {lu-}
also treats object as subject in the {-lu'} form:
qoreQ lulegh beqpu' = the crewmen see Korax
beqpu' luleghlu' = one sees the crewmen, the crewmen are seen
and there is no risk of an intruding vocative clouding the picture here.