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Transitive "adjective" verbs
dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 16 15:19:34 1992
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From: gt5878b@cad.gatech.edu (Charles Edward Maise)
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 91 23:35:29 EST
Mark Reed wrote:
>DajtaH "Star Trek" I am interested in
>HolQeD je 'e' vIHartaH. both Star Trek and linguistics.
>I translated "I am interested in X" as "I believe X are interesting." I was
>tempted to use "be interesting" as a transitive or use the indirect object
>construction without a direct object (to mean "are interesting to me"), but
>wasn't sure about the interpretation.
I think a valid way to turn verbs such as "be interesting" or "be depressed",
which are inherently not transitive, into a transitive form is to add
-moH (Type 4 verb suffix) "cause." Thus:
muDajmoHtaH be'pu'! Women cause me to be interested, or
Women interest me!
HoD 'ItmoH yaS wa'DIch rol. The First Officer's beard causes the captain
to be depressed, or
The First Officer's beard depresses the captain.
tayqeqra' Hoch webmoHpu' Qughvam! This disaster has disgraced your
entire civilization!
There's lots of verbs this works for. "Be interesting" certainly is one
of them!
Eddie Maise gt5878b@cad.gatech.edu
Hurgh vIneHbe', "motor-sickle" vIneH neH
