tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 29 09:33:06 1999
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Verbs of Saying Revisited
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Verbs of Saying Revisited
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 12:32:31 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 19:57:26 +-300 Carleton Copeland
<[email protected]> wrote:
> My notes contain the following, apparently posted by Qov:
>
> > "Unless I am confused (not an impossibility), canon
> > shows the object of {ja'} to be the person addressed,
> > not the thing reported. The object of jatlh can be a
> > language, speech, etcetera."
>
> The Ca'Non Master's typically thorough response did not say, though--not
> explicitly, anyway--whether a noun can be the direct object of {-ja'}. Is
> this still a subject of controversy? E.g., canon gives {yIja'Qo'} (Don't
> tell him!), but can I say {yaS yIja'Qo'!} (Don't tell the guard!)?
>
> qa'ral
TKD pages 35 and 40 both offer more examples with people implied
in the verb prefix (especially with {qaja'}). I definitely
consider that to be explicit enough that I think we'd be foolish
to reject {yaS yIja'Qo'}.
charghwI'