tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Sep 28 00:53:42 1997
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Re: KLBC: practise
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: practise
- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 00:53:30 -0700
At 22:48 97-09-27 -0700, DloraH wrote:
}muHwI':
}>>Qe'Daq vIghoS. I went to the kitchen
}
}Qov:
}>{Qe'} - restaurant {vutpa'} - kitchen With the verb {ghoS}, don't use the
}>{-Daq} suffix. See p. 28.
}
}plus shouldn't he use [jI-] prefix?
Once he has taken off the {-Daq}, {vutpa'} will be the direct object of the
verb: {vutpa' vIghoS}. Compare with {yuQ wIghoStaH} in TKD.
You're quite right, though: if he were to leave the {-Daq} on, then he would
be grammatically correct, although somewhat redundant, according to TKD, to
say {vutpa'Daq jIghoS}. {vutpa'Daq vIghoS} could mean "I approach
him/her/it in the kitchen."
And, for anyone who thought this was in danger of being logical, note
{bIghHa'Daq yIghoS} in TKD appendix. Perhaps {bIghHa' yIghoS} means "go to
the jail" without the connotation of reporting for incarceration that "go to
jail" has. Or maybe it's just a Klingon idiom.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian