[91818] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'vatlh cha'maH Hut:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Tue Jan 24 10:06:55 2012
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:06:30 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <4F1EC838.2090002@web.de>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On 1/24/2012 10:03 AM, Lieven Litaer wrote:
>
> Am 24.01.2012 15:40, schrieb David Trimboli:
>> On 1/24/2012 9:37 AM, Lieven Litaer wrote:
>>>> nuja' tlhIngan wIch ja'wI'pu'
>>>> According to Klingon legend... S8
>
> ghItlh SuStel:
>> That's not a verbal phrase; it's a noun-noun construction.
>
> Yes, that's correct, {wIch} + {ja'wI'}
> But doesn't this {ja'wI'} tell the {wIch} ?
>
> {qagh Sop qagh SopwI'} ..
> {wIch ja' wIch ja'wI'} ??
>
> Or is the thing being told the indirect object?
>
> {lut qaja'}
> "I tell you a story"
I'm not commenting on what the object of {ja'} can be; I'm just saying
you can't deduce it from {wIch ja'wI'pu'}.
--
SuStel
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