tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Sep 25 09:13:41 2002
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Re: HIvHe yIchoHmoH!
> > > HIvHe yIchoHmoH! Alter the attack course
> > This is not transitive.
>
> why is this not transitive?
> the english is transitive.
Qo. tobmeH DIvI' Hol yIlo'Qo'.
Don't use the english. If you need, I can list many sentences where the
english and the klingon are not the same type of structure.
> the klingon looks transitive to me. there's a
> verb with an imperative prefix indicating an object, and there's a noun
> preceding that verb, making that noun the direct object of the verb.
There is also the -moH suffix.
Hagh - laugh (v) Intrans, right? It's not "laugh at (something)".
bIHagh "you laugh" - intrans
qaHaghmoH "I cause you to laugh"
The verb conglomeration (verb+suffix) is transitive, but /Hagh/ itself is still
intrans.
Above, with /yIchoHmoH/ we were discussing just the root word /choH/.
DloraH, BG