[87787] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: KLBC: tlhIngan qeq
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terrence Donnelly)
Wed Feb 3 19:06:37 2010
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:03:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
--- On Wed, 2/3/10, kff@sics.se <kff@sics.se> wrote:
>> Since {quv} 'be honored' doesn't take objects, this should be
>How do I know which Klingon verbs are (in)transitive? TKD does not say
>(as far as I can see).
Okrand never really spells it out. Inevitably, we fall back on English usages, which are generally close enough, although there have been surprises (eg. {Dub}). I think that every(?) verb with "be" in the definition is intransitive.
--ter'eS
