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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] DIl
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Wed Aug 30 09:54:56 2017
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On 8/30/2017 9:42 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
> Can we write {jIDIl} for "I pay" ? Or {DIl 'Iv ?} for "who will pay ?" ?
>
> Or since the translation of {DIl} is given as "pay for", it always
> needs to have an object ?
Remember that if a verb /can/ have an object, it can have /no/ object,
meaning the verb is done to things in general or to things unspecified.
I'm not aware of any special case where a verb /must/ have an object.
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/30/2017 9:42 AM, mayqel qunenoS
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cite="mid:CAP7F2cLJvXCbaidQTuyXg8+C3p7f8gGn50t72CC+Kjd7Nss_wA@mail.gmail.com">Can
we write {jIDIl} for "I pay" ? Or {DIl 'Iv ?} for "who will pay ?"
?
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<div dir="auto">Or since the translation of {DIl} is given as "pay
for", it always needs to have an object ?</div>
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<p>Remember that if a verb <i>can</i> have an object, it can have <i>no</i>
object, meaning the verb is done to things in general or to things
unspecified. I'm not aware of any special case where a verb <i>must</i>
have an object.<br>
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