tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 16 08:24:01 2002
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Re: KLBC
From: "Quvar valer" <[email protected]>
> Apparently {tlhob} can be used for both asking and requesting.
> The object can be the person being asked:
> {lutlhob} "They ask him"
> When requesting, the object can also be a sentence describing what you
request:
> {juDev 'ej Dujvam ra'wI' DagheS 'e' vItlhob}
> "I ask you to lead us as commander of this ship"
> literally: "I request that you lead us [...]"
This also tends to imply that the object can also be the thing requested
(i.e., "ask for"):
chab vItlhob
I asked for a pie.
This use is undocumented and speculative.
SuStel
Stardate 2958.5