tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 13 13:13:33 2003
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Re: untranstvty
jatlh Quvar:
> Can one say that *all* verbs which are translated "be xyz" are intransitive?
> I noticed that most are, and I think all are. But I might oversee something.
jIjatlh:
> I'm familiar with about 0,01 percent of Klingon vocabulary, but I don't
> think any verb that has a transitive *meaning* could be translated as
> "be xyz".
jatlh Quvar:
> I'm asking the other way around: is a klingon verb "be xyz" always an
> intransitive verb?
And I'm in my own peculiar way saying: yes, I think so. No (Klingon) verb
that is transitive can be translated as "be xyz". Ergo all that are
translated "be xyz" must be intransitive.
mulwI'