[87211] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: The topic marker -'e'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Doty)
Thu Nov 26 13:45:22 2009
In-Reply-To: <4B0E84D1.1060603@trimboli.name>
From: Christopher Doty <suomichris@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:43:02 -0800
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 05:38, David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name> wrote:
> Indeed, I don't agree that {-vaD} is an indirect object marker. When
> there is an indirect object, it's probably got {-vaD} on it, but that's
> not the same as saying everything with {-vaD} is an indirect object.
> Klingon reserves no special inflection or position for indirect objects;
> they are just a consequence of other features of the sentence.
If this is true (which I think it is), then -vaD gets used for
anything where an action or object is directed toward something, and
is thus logically used for indirect objects, but this doesn't limit
how it is used... For example:
tlhIHvaD tIrqi' jaj Quch!!
