tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Mar 27 06:35:39 2004
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Re: Using object prefixes with "intransitive" verbs
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From: "Heather Myers" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 2:44 PM
Subject: Using object prefixes with "intransitive" verbs
>
> jatlh Senara:
> >... wa'ben jInej 'e' vItagh, 'ach naDev vumbe'bogh nuvpu' tu'lu'mo',
> Qu' >chu' vISam 'e' muQatlhqu'.
>
> From my point of view, <muQatlh> means 'He/She/It is difficult me',
> which doesn't make much sense. The word <Qatlh> doesn't include a
> prepositional meaning, like 'to' or 'for'. <loS>, wait (for), does,
> but it's one of an extreme few, so far as I know. I understand that
> what was probably meant was 'It is difficult for me', but this needs to
> be written a different way in Klingon. (Please correct me if I'm wrong,
> BG et al.) <jIH'e', Qatlh (ghu'vam)> or even perhaps <jIHvaD Qatlh>
> would come closer.
{jIHvaD Qatlh} "It is difficult for me." is how this idea is best expressed.
Well done!
--ngabwI'
Beginners' Grammarian,
Klingon Language Institute
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