tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 30 15:13:32 2002
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Re: KBLC
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> SuStel:
> > If it CAN take an object, I can't think of any object
> > more likely than /'e'/.
>
> So you mean - theoretically - we can say "I dream *that*..." but not "I
> dream *it*."
No, I mean that the object /'e'/ seems to be the most obvious common choice
for an object of this verb. I do not claim that this object must be used
exclusively. I also do not claim the converse.
> {qeylIS vIghom 'e' vInaj}
> "I dreamt that I met kahless" could work,
>
> *{qeylIS vInaj}*
> "I dreamt kahless" doesn't work, because then the definition of {naj}
> would have been "dream of"!
Possibly, but we have no evidence either way. /bInajtaHvIS qeylIS
Daghomjaj/ avoids (probably intentionally) the problem altogether.
David
Stardate 2997.6