tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 23 16:35:00 1999
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RE: KLBC: Prefix trick
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Prefix trick
- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 17:37:31 -0700
jatlh T'Lod:
> What is the "prefix trick" that was referred to in the clothing
> thread? I seem to have missed it.
The "prefix trick" is a bit of Klingon grammar. If a verb has an indirect
object (IO) that is first or second person (me, you, us) and a direct object
(DO) that is third person, then instead of using the usual {IO-vaD DO verb}
formation, the verb prefix can be changed to indicate the indirect object.
Examples:
SoHvaD matlh vIpong - "I call you Maltz" - becomes
matlh qapong
jIHvaD paq yInob - "Give me the book" - becomes
paq HInob
pagh
Beginners' Grammarian