tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Oct 02 23:11:00 2004
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Re: just use it! (Re: jIb
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: just use it! (Re: jIb
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 02:10:07 EDT
In a message dated 2004-10-03 12:20:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
> >TKD demonstrates direct quotes with the word {qaja'}.
>
> Completely correct. Remember that in this case the syntactic "direct object"
> the prefix refers to is semantically a benefactive or dative object (what
> would usually be given in a fuller sentence as {X-vaD}), not a semantic
> direct object. Viz:
>
> {DaH yInargh} qajatlh - "Escape now!", I said to you (= {DaH yInargh} SoHvaD
> jIjatlh)
> moQ HInob - give me the ball! (= jIHvaD moQ yInob)
>
>
> Savan.
>
> QeS lagh
>
What happens when the indirect object (or verbal object) is a full noun
phrase?