tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 09 20:44:33 1999
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Re: yIt
ja' T'Lod:
>How should -Daq be interpreted to get my point across without many stares from
>the Klingons? The verbs of motion seem to be a stumbling point in that
>regard.
TKD 3.3.5 (page 27) describes {-Daq} thusly:
| This suffix indicates that something is happening (or has
| happened or will happen) in the vicinity of the noun to which
| it is attached.
If the verb is like {ghoS} or {leng} or a few others that we know
by observation to work like {ghoS}, then {-Daq} usually has a very
strong implication that the action takes place right at the noun
as opposed to being the destination of the action. For verbs like
this, the object is usually the destination. The weird thing is
that it looks like either the object of such a verb can sometimes
take the {-Daq} suffix without changing the meaning, or an unstated
object can be implied with a verb prefix in order to indicate that
the locative noun is the destination instead of the place where the
action occurs.
bIQtIqDaq jIleng - I travel on the river.
bIQtIq vIleng - I travel to the river.
bIQtIqDaq vIleng - I travel to the river.
That last example is the weird one. It doesn't seem necessary,
but it's apparently grammatically acceptable.
Generally, when the verb doesn't already imply a locative idea, the
noun suffix {-Daq} can be interpreted as a rather vague locative. It
often means action takes place "at" the noun; sometimes it implies
that action is directed "toward" the noun. Occasionally, a smooth
rendering in English talks about the action happening "in" the noun
or "on" the noun.
latDaq 'In luweq - they beat the drum at the shrine.
tlhoyDaq SojDaj tlhIS - he spits out his food toward the wall.
HIvje'Daq chuch lan - he puts ice in the drinking glass.
DujDaq mI'taH chaH - they are dancing on the ship.
>Also, when used without a motion-verb, how should the noun+Daq
>construction be interpreted?
That's basically what I just answered. Maybe I didn't understand your
first question.
-- ghunchu'wI'