[98274] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Verbing objects
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Fri Mar 28 09:17:20 2014
From: "SuStel" <sustel@trimboli.name>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 06:16:56 -0700
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
> For example, I'm not too crazy about using {ghov} with a sentence as
> an object. The only canonical example of {ghov} (that I know of) is
> {qamlIj vIghov.} from KGT, meaning "I recognize your foot." (though
> it's probably meant to mean "I recognize your face.", spoken in the
> Krotmag dialect). Does it make sense that the same verb that's used
> to say you recognize something by its countenance would be used to say
> you recognize the truth of a statement? To some, I'm sure, but to me
> that's very strange.
It makes sense to me. {ghov} isn't glossed as "recognize a countenance,"
it's just "recognize." I see no reason you can't recognize {'e'} "that"
as well as you can recognize {qamlIj} or {qablIj}.
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SuStel
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