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Re: was: `dative' / mIStaH pIl'o'



>
> > laH cha' nav neHlaw'.
>
>
>
> The verb {neH} is special.  The pronoun {'e'} isn't used when {neH} is the
> second verb of a Sentence As Object construction.  Try reading it again,
> keeping that in mind.

'ughlaw'  nach HomwIj.     jIHmo'   yItuv.


> if <cha'> is verb in an object sentence, wouldn't it still need a  syntactic
> marker like <-bogh>? (paper which shows ability, for showing ability) could this
> approximate a dipomaor certification?

> *ballpark-Daq jIHtaH'a'?

>
>
> >loQ  jImISlI'.   Do you mean two negatives mean a positive, two negatives
> >are the
> >negative emphasized or two negatives are ungrammatical, therefore forbidden?
>
> A single negative is enough to negate the idea.  A second negative tends to
> negate the negation, thus saying something close to a positive.  There are
> languages where a negation idea requires "negative" grammar in multiple
> places in a sentence, but Klingon is not one of them.
>

DaH, loQ jIyaj.
tuch'a'  pab 'utlhpu'?
                                                pIl'o'




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