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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Objects, direct and indirect
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Sat Nov 21 10:30:55 2015
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 10:30:07 -0500
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On 11/21/2015 10:23 AM, qunnoQ HoD wrote:
>> Syntax is structure; semantics is meaning. Syntactically, Klingon
>> sentences have one subject and one object (not including null
>> cases), and any other words are syntactically just "other words
>> that come at the beginning." Semantically, Klingon sentences have
>> subjects (who do the verb) direct objects (on whom the verb
>> occurs) and indirect objects (who receives the action; again, not
>> including null cases), and either direct or indirect object can be
>> placed in the syntactic object position, with direct objects
>> trumping indirect objects. The verb prefix agrees with one of those
>> semantic roles; it is not chosen syntactically.
>
> this is beautiful..
choquvmoH, jupwI'! munongmoHbej Sojvam.
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