tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 23 12:47:43 2009
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Re: The topic marker -'e'
- From: Fiat Knox <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: The topic marker -'e'
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:46:45 +0000 (GMT)
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--- On Mon, 23/11/09, Christopher Doty <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is quite interesting, actually, since Klingon actually
> contrasts intentionality with non-intentionality. Compare:
> bom Qoypu' puq
> the child heard the song
> bom Qoyta' puq
> the child heard the song (by eavesdropping?)
> What do y'all think of Qoyta'?
chaq nuQoyta' jagh ghoqwI' - "An enemy spy may have listened in on us."
> Can one use -ta' with verbs that would otherwise have experiencer subjects?
I'll leave this for the linguists among us to argue over.