[91815] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'vatlh cha'maH Hut:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Tue Jan 24 09:40:37 2012
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:40:14 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <4F1EC22B.8000303@web.de>
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On 1/24/2012 9:37 AM, Lieven Litaer wrote:
>
>
>> WILL MARTIN: "And a typical direct object of {ja'} would be the person
>> addressed and a typical object of the verb {jatlh} would be the thing
>> you say."
>> MARC OKRAND: "The speech event." [MO interviewed, HQ 12/1998]
>
>> nuja' tlhIngan wIch ja'wI'pu'
>> According to Klingon legend... S8
>
> This is the only example that has a noun as the object of the verb:
> {wIch ja'wI'pu'} "legend tellers/reporters"
>
> I conclude that I might be able to say
> {lut vIja'}
> "I tell a story."
That's not a verbal phrase; it's a noun-noun construction.
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