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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] KLBC - How to say "I like to do/doing something"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven)
Thu Feb 9 13:25:18 2017
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Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 19:25:14 +0100
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Okay, since others have broken the KLBC-barrier already, and our current =
BG may be at shore leave, I'll answer this:
Am 09.02.2017 um 13:31 schrieb Aur=E9lie Demonchaux:
> We have some examples of <par> and <parHa'> being used with nouns or
> pronouns but I can't find any canon source where they apply to verbs.
>
> Do you use {'e'} or nothing in those cases?
I will not go into alternatives like {tIv} "enjoy", but simple answer
the question grammatically:
The verb {neH} is the only exception for omitting {'e'}. This means that =
it is correct to say
{jIvut 'e' vIparHa'} "I like that I cook."
Yes, indeed you may think that this literally means "I do like the fact =
that I am cooking at this moment", but there is no "special" =
construction to express the common feeling of "I like surfing in =
general". It's the English that's strange, not the Klingon.
-- =
Lieven L. Litaer
aka Quvar valer 'utlh
Grammarian of the KLI
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