tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 19 10:32:33 1999
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Re: Hello
ghunchu'wI':
> My concern is with {Sap} being able to take *any*
> sort of object, {'e'} or otherwise. "Volunteer" sounds intransitive
> to me ...
jey'el:
: English allows "volunteer" to be transitive with an object offered, e.g.
"He
: volunteered his services." But even if Klingon did that (I don't know of
: another word meaning "offer"), of course, "volunteering *to* (do something)"
: is much different.
Options for conveying the transitive "volunteer (services, time, money,
etc.)" include {nob} "give" and {much} "present" (expanded to "perform
(music) in KGT). {chup} "recommend, suggest" might work IF transitive (it
has never occurred in canon); if intransitive, it closer in meaning to
{qeS} "advise".
: Someone might suggest {-meH Sap}, but to me that's useful only for
something
: like:
: {Qu' Qobqu' DelDI' la', weywIj quvmoHmeH jISap}
: "When the commander described a very dangerous mission, I volunteered in
: order to bring honor to my unit."
Good solution, but there's one small correction:
... weywIj vIquvmoHmeH jISap
... I volunteered in order to bring honor to my unit
Even in a {-meH} clause {wey} is the object of {quvmoH}, thus {weywIj
vIquvmoH} "I honor my unit".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons