tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 27 22:04:33 2001
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Re: KLBC-Reflexive verb suffixes
- From: "Patrick Masterson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC-Reflexive verb suffixes
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 05:04:18
>I was just looking at the suffixes that make a verb reflexive, and I was
>wondering how you would incorporate an indirect object (I think that's
>what it would be) into the sentence. For example:
>
>{jIpe'pu''egh} I have cut myself.
>
>What if I wanted to say that I cut myself with a knife? Several
>possibilities spring to mind:
>
>{tajmo' jIpe'pu''egh}
>I have cut myself because of the knife.
>
>{taj vIqengvIS jIH jIpe'pu''egh}
>While I was carrying the knife, I cut myself.
>
>Or would it be some *other* construction that I haven't even thought of?
>
>-yeygha'
There are probably a bunch of other people who are more qualified to answer
this, but I'll throw in my two cents. You'd probably have to determine
whether the cutting was accidental, or on purpose, and then recast (i.e.
rewrite) the sentence. For example, if it was an accident, you could say:
jIQaghmo' mupe' taj - Because I made a mistake, the knife cut me.
jIyepHa'mo' mupe' taj - Because I was careless, the knife cut me.
If it was purposeful, you might try:
jIpe''eghmeH taj vIlo' - In order to cut myself, I used a knife.
You would probably need some context to say why you cut yourself, such as
jI'Itqu'mo' or something.
jIlughbe'laH.
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