tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 09 17:57:11 1999
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RE: KLBC: Verbs of motion
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Verbs of motion
- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 18:00:13 -0700
jatlh T'Lod:
> I have a few questions to pose:
> What verbs of motion do we have so far? (I know of vIH and
> ghoS of the top of my head) How do I use them so that I can
> be understood clearly in a sentence? How do the direct and
> indirect object act with a verb of motion? How does -Daq
> change when I use a verb of motion?
We know that a few verbs, including <jaH> and <ghoS>, have a special
relationship with their objects and locatives. They can just take regular
objects (e.g. <juHwIj vIghoS>); they can be used with locatives but without
objects (e.g. <juHwIjDaq jIghoS>); and they can take objects with <-Daq>
(e.g. <juHwIjDaq vIghoS>). These three all have very similar but slightly
different meanings.
I encourage you to read the interview with Marc Okrand in the last HolQeD.
It explains all this better than I possibly could. Of course, if you're not
a member of the KLI, there's no time like the present to join.
pagh
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