[73] in tlhIngan-Hol
more objects!
dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 16 15:21:25 1992
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@village.boston.ma.us
From: mosquito@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 91 02:44:11 -0500
About directionals being used as objects:
HIghoS = come here!
Hmm. Seems that "me" is the direct object here. Does that mean "You
came here" ought to be "choghoSpu'"? or what about "naDev DaghoSpu'"?
I've always assumed direction phrases were prepositional phrases, so
that "I am going home" would be "juHDaq jIjaH". The "HIghoS" above,
however, suggests it might be "juHDaq vIjaH".
A similar question:
torgh throws qeng papers.
Should "qeng" take -vaD as indirect objects should, or should it take -Daq,
which makes more semantic sense? After all, qeng is the direction of
the throwing, not the beneficiary (or perhaps he is...).
i.e. choices:
qengDaq navmey woD torgh.
qengvaD navmey woD torgh.
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mosquito@athena.mit.edu
Kevin Iga
