tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 04 00:15:40 1999
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Verbs with Prepositional Results
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- Subject: Verbs with Prepositional Results
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 03:14:56 EST
Many Klingon verbs either do include a prepositional concept or may include a
prepositional concept. Examples: Dab live at, in; buS focus on, think only
about. Or, ghoS approach, proceed [toward]; lan put [down]; roQ put down; let
go [of]. Obviously there are many more.
Sometimes Klingon has two verbs to indicate different directions of the
action. Examples: woH pick up [from a lower place]; jotlh take down [from a
higher place].
But we have one example in canon which shows us that Klingons sometimes must
use a second sentence to express the prepositional result of the verb. 'uSDaj
chop; chev Bite his leg off! I feel this construction can be quite useful in
other situations, too: yuQ yItlheD; yIjaH may complete the desires of the
speaker more fully than yuQ yItlheD alone accomplishes.
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