tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 11 13:25:57 2003
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Re: Tao Te Ching Chp. 67
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From: "Steven Boozer" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: Tao Te Ching Chp. 67
> For example, someone undergoing the Rite of Ascension says {tIqwIj
> Sa'angnIS} "I
> must show you [plural] my heart". The pronominal prefix in this phrase
> is {Sa-},
> which means "I [do something to] all of you"... but when there's
already an
> object (in this case, {tIqwIj} "my heart"), the 'object' of the prefix
is
> interpreted as the indirect object, so {Sa-} means "I [do something to]
> it for
> you" or the like. (st.klingon 6/97)
It is interesting that this subject should come up. I just got a copy of PK,
and in it I heard, more than once, this very construction used with {nob}(to
give)
Ex.
ro'qegh 'Iw chab HInob
Give me the rokeg blood pie
This is the only example I can think of right now, but I know it occurs at
least 3 times on side one alone. So we know this type can work on {nob} and
{'ang}, but was Okrand presenting a general rule, or was this type of
construction specific to {'ang} and {nob}, and whatever other examples exist
in canon?
In short, can I say:
{tlhonDu'lIj qangeHlaH. tISqu' ngaSwI'.}
I can send you your nostrils. The container is very lightweight.
--ngabwI'
HovpoH 699656.0