tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 02 12:33:53 2009
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RE: Transitivity of <mev> and <tagh>
Christopher Doty wrote:
>>> And with <tagh>, does it occur in a sentence-as-object construction?
>>> If not, how is it used in canon sources?
Voragh:
>{tagh} "begin a process, initiate (proceedings)" [TKDA]:
>
>taghbej mu'qaD veS
>Curse-warfare has definitely begun. PK
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>Qu' DataghDI' 'aqtu' mellota' je yIqaw
>When you begin a mission, remember Aktuh and Mellota. TKW
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>DaH petagh!
>[Begin now! (untranslated)] (ENT "Affliction")
Since {tagh} is transitive, I don't see any reason why it can't be used in a SAO construction. I suspect we don't see examples with {... 'e' tagh} because we have the useful suffix {-choH} "change in state/direction":
TKD 37: Suffixes of this type indicate that the action described by the verb involves a change of some kind from the state of affairs that existed before the action took place.
maDo'choH
we are becoming lucky
we are undergoing a turn of luck
ghoSchoH
he is beginning to go (somewhere)
The implication of the second example is that he or she was going either nowhere or somewhere else sometime before the phrase was uttered. Note that the translation of this suffix may be English "become" or "begin to".
maghoSchoHmoHneS'a'
May we execute a course (to some place)? TKD
yItamchoH
Be quiet! (Become quiet!) TKD
Du'IHchoHmoH mIvvam
This helmet suits you. TKD
ghorgh tujchoHpu' bIQ
When will the water be hot? TKD
nuqDaq waqwIj vIlamHa'choHmoH
Where can I get my shoes cleaned? TKD
tujqu'choH QuQ
The engine is overheating. TKD
yItamchoH!
[Be quiet!] KCD
maDo'chugh QeHchoH wa'
If we're lucky, one will get angry. CK
bIrchoH SuvwI' 'Iw
The blood of the warrior grows cold. PK
notlh veS... 'a tugh manotlhchoH je maH
War is obsolete... as we are in danger of becoming. ST6
wa' jaj 'etlh 'uchchoHlaH tlhIngan puqloD; jajvetlh loD nen moj
The son of a Klingon is a man the day he can first hold a blade. TKW
'etlh QorghHa'lu'chugh ragh 'etlh nIvqu' 'ej jejHa'choH
Even the best blade will rust and grow dull unless it is cared for. TKW
vulchoHbe' tlhInganpu'
Klingons do not faint. TKE
ropchoHbe' tlhInganpu'
Klingons do not get sick. TKW
qanchoHpa' qoH, Hegh qoH
Fools die young. TKW
wa' SuvwI' muHlu'DI', tuHchoH Hoch SuvwI'pu'
The execution of but one warrior brings shame to all. TKW
bIboH. yIjotchoH
You're impatient. Calm down! KGT
laS veghaS HIltonDaq <Hov leng: yIjeSchu'> qaSchoHmo', bIlopqu'meH HIlton yIghoS
Come celebrate the grand opening of Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton. STX
DoqchoH
redden ["literally become red or change to red)" (HQ 12.4:9)]
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Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons