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Re: "give to" (was Re: par' vs. muS?)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: "give to" (was Re: par' vs. muS?)
• Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 15:20:30 -0500
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ghunchu'wI':
> > HoDvaD QIn vInobnIS.
> >
> >The relevant example is in the Addendum to the second edition of TKD.
>
>   yaSvaD taj nobpu' qama'
>   The prisoner gave the officer the knife. TKD (p.180)
>
>   chaHvaD Soj qem yaS
>   The officer brings them food. TKD (p.180)

Shane MiQogh:
>I figured the answer would have been closer to a form of -Daq, might 
>explain why i had trouble seeing it.

For "to, for" as an indirect object, use {-vaD}; when "to" means "to, 
towards" as well as "at, on, in" use {-Daq}.  If you're not sure if it's an 
indirect object, a helpful hint is to remember that {-Daq} is used much 
less in Klingon than "to" is in English and always refers to a actual, 
physical object or place -- either location or direction.



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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