[91869] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Newbie question about vIneHbogh construction
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Thu Jan 26 12:21:09 2012
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:20:44 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <CAGBhE_imKtpoaq0T6bJHnRUJwmtanmrZBkys_ODK2ACdWRAoNA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 1/26/2012 11:51 AM, Wiechu wrote:
>
> How do I know which verbs take objects which don't ?
If Marc Okrand has written something using a particular verb with an
object, you know.
If he hasn't used a verb, you must base your decision on how the English
translation would work. For instance, {QaQ} "be good" can't take a
direct object in English. You can't say "I am good the officer." Thus,
you can't say {yaS vIQaQ} either. (Most of the "be" verbs can't take
objects.)
Sometimes we are wrong. For years I believed {qIm} "pay attention"
couldn't take an object, because "pay attention" can't take a direct
object in English. You can't "pay attention the officer." Then we got
canon from Okrand that included using an object with {qIm}. So now we
know that {yaS vIqIm} "I pay attention to the officer" is valid.
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