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Re: tlhach mu'mey: HolQeD...

QeS 'utlh ([email protected]) 

ghItlhpu' Paul, ja':
>But how about:
>subject -> ?
>predicate -> ?
>object -> ?
>indirect object -> ?
>adjective -> ?
>letter -> ?

I've often used {DoS} "target" for the direct object of a sentence. I'm glad 
others agree. :) For "indirect object", I'm tempted to describe each of the 
Type 5 indirect objects separately: {Daq} "location" for a {-Daq}-marked 
noun, {Soj} "matter, affair, topic" for a {-'e'}-marked noun, and {Hal} 
"source" for a {-vo'}-marked noun. {-mo'} and {-vaD} are a little more 
difficult; for the latter, "one who benefits" would be suitable, but there's 
no Klingon word for "to benefit".

I'm also tempted to use {vangwI'} "actor" for the subject of a sentence, but 
we then run into the problem of adjectival verbs, in which the subject isn't 
really acting, but simply *being*. Maybe ?{DawI'} would be better for the 
subject of an adjectival verb?

For "adjective", I'd agree with the suggestion of {Delbogh wot} "verb which 
describes".

For "letter", I invariably use {pIqaD Degh} "pIqaD symbol".

QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute


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(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
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