[86986] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: The topic marker -'e'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fiat Knox)
Mon Nov 23 15:48:08 2009
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:46:45 +0000 (GMT)
From: Fiat Knox <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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--- On Mon, 23/11/09, Christopher Doty <suomichris@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is quite interesting, actually, since Klingon actually
> contrasts intentionality with non-intentionality. Compare:
> bom Qoypu' puq
> the child heard the song
> bom Qoyta' puq
> the child heard the song (by eavesdropping?)
> What do y'all think of Qoyta'?
chaq nuQoyta' jagh ghoqwI' - "An enemy spy may have listened in on us."
> Can one use -ta' with verbs that would otherwise have experiencer subjects?
I'll leave this for the linguists among us to argue over.
