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Re: -Daq, subject, object

Scott Willis ([email protected])

• From: "Scott Willis" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: -Daq, subject, object
• Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:40:59 -0500
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dar'Qang" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:20 AM
Subject: -Daq, subject, object


>
> In the sentence:
>
> lojmItDaq puqbe'wI' vIlegh.
>
> Is there a standard, or default interpretation as to who would be at the
> door?
>
>
> Dar'Qang
> bItaghbe'chugh bIrInbe'ba'

I have always had the impression that {-Daq} marks the location of the
action of the verb:

{lupwI'Daq yuQ vIleng.} "I travel to the planet on a transport."

I read your sentence as meaning that the one doing the seeing is standing at
the door.

--ngabwI'
Beginners' Grammarian,
Klingon Language Institute
http://kli.org/
HovpoH 701351.9

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