Re: cheng Sa' may'bom bom mu' cha'DIch

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jatlh charghwI':
>I just want to clarify the term "ungrammatical". It means 
>that the grammar is broken. That is syntax. The Rules.
>
>A separate category of meaning is symantics. That has to do 
>with the meaning, not the grammar. It has to do with what 
>words mean and not the rules of grammar.
>
>In all cases below, {jIbIv} is grammatically correct, 
>though in one case it makes sense (symantics) and in the 
>other case it doesn't (again, symantics).

I was questioning whether {jIbIv} obeys Klingon rules of transitivity. Isn't 
transitivity a function of grammar and not necessarily a function of 
semantics? For example, I would think that "I snooze a nap" is semantically 
comprehensible but grammatically unacceptable, because "snooze" is an 
intransitive verb.


- DujHoD