tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 07 06:20:58 2007
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Re: from-to
- From: "QeS 'utlh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: from-to
- Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:18:48 +1000
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ghItlhpu' ter'eS, ja':
>Although I expect to be corrected momentarily, I
>believe that the correct form would be
>tera'vo' Qo'noS vIghoS.
While the form ter'eS cites is perfectly acceptable and absolutely correct
Klingon, there happens to be another way to say this. {tera'vo' Qo'noSDaq
vIghoS} (note the prefix {vI-}) is also possible. In HolQeD 7:4, Okrand says
that some verbs whose direct objects are locations or places, such as
{ghoS}, {jaH} and {leng}, may mark their direct object (the place come, gone
or journeyed to) with the suffix {-Daq} while - and this is the unusual part
- retaining verb agreement for that noun. Viz:
yuQDaq vIleng - I travel to the planet
bIQtIqDaq vIjaH - I go to the river
The meaning is entirely changed when the pronominal prefix is a no-object
prefix:
yuQDaq jIleng - I travel on the planet
bIQtIqDaq jIjaH - I go in the river
(All these examples are from HQ 7:4.)
So {tera'vo' Qo'noSDaq jIghoS} is, in a way, a little nonsensical ("I go on
Qo'noS from Earth"? Perhaps a tourist from Earth would say this as they
travel around Qo'noS?), although perfectly grammatical. But for the meaning
"I went to Qo'noS from Earth", {tera'vo' Qo'noS vIghoS} and {tera'vo'
Qo'noSDaq vIghoS} - with the prefix {vI-} - are both equally correct.
QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pab po'wI' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language
Institute
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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