tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 27 01:24:20 1999
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Re: Transitive / Intransitive
- From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Transitive / Intransitive
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:10:48 +0100
ghItlh peHruS:
>Next, you are correct with {jIHob}. You are "yawning something."
>But, {'e' neH jIH} should be {'e' vIneH}. {'e'} is the object of {neH},
and
>you are saying "I want that" so you need the verb prefix {vI-}. You can
>append {jIH} but it is not necessary and is redundant unless you
>are really trying to emphasize, "I, that's right I, want to."
{neH} doesn't use {'e'}: {jIHob vIneH (jIH)}
Or is there a new rule I don't know of yet?
pab chu' vISovbe'bogh tu'lu''a'?
muHwI'