tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 23 09:10:22 1997
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Re: KBLC: ah-ha!
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KBLC: ah-ha!
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 09:10:19 -0700
At 05:49 97-10-23 -0700, you wrote:
}ghItlh muHwI'
}>I've been thinking about this a lot, but if you say {HIja'} (tell me)
}>wouldn't "me" be the thing being told?
}>{lut vIja'} I tell a story [story I-it tell]
}>{lut qaja'} I tell you a story [story I-you tell]
}>{qaja'} I tell you [I-you tell]
}>
}>eh... vISovbe' jIH
}
}We have numerous examples in TKD section 4 of the object of {ja'} is the
}person being addressed. (Does this mean we have to say {lut jIja'}? I
}hope not!)
We have absolutely nothing to support that idea. The juxtaposed sentences
that show attributed speech are unique, and I would be very surprised to
find a similar construction for anything else. It is possible that we say
{?lutvaD qaja'} maybe {lut DaQoymeH qaja'} I think we can say {lut vIja'}
but I've never spoken with a native on the subject.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian