[86552] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: use of DIng
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Fri Sep 18 13:56:22 2009
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Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:54:11 -0400
From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Terrence Donnelly
<terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Does anyone recall if we know whether {DIng} is transitive or intransitive? Is the subject the thing turned or the person who turns the thing?
I have always* considered the subject of {DIng} to be changing its own
orientation. Without any definitive examples in the published
documentation, I cannot justify this opinion, but I will continue to
use it that way.
* The very first face-to-face Klingon language communication I
participated in was when I said {yIDIng} to DaQtIq, someone I knew
from the mailing list. He considered it for a couple of seconds, then
turned around so I could see his {DaQ tIq}.
-- ghunchu'wI'
