tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 04 22:53:57 2000
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Re: Raise Your betleH to the Stars.....
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: Raise Your betleH to the Stars.....
- Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 01:53:43 EDT
In a message dated 6/28/2000 5:23:01 PM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< > I'll
> agree that "throw" can work like "give", with the thing receiving the
> thrown object taking a {-vaD}. But it doesn't *have* to work that way,
> since an unsuccessful throw doesn't actually end up with the tree
receiving
> the dagger. Using the English phrase "throw at" instead of "throw to"
> implies to me that you're just using the tree as a reference point and not
> as an actual target. >>
Just in case you are not fully aware: {-vaD} is given in TKD appendix as a
suffix for Indirect Object constructions. Direct Objects take the action of
the verb without the use of a type 5 syntactic marker.
This means: SorvaD moQ baH SuvwI' = The warrior throws the ball at the tree.
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