[92030] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'epIl naHmey
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Sat Feb 4 15:05:23 2012
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:04:52 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <F52986192E9FE346B0B7EF3D6F98E87711C17565@EXDB3.ug.kth.se>
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On 2/4/2012 2:53 PM, Felix Malmenbeck wrote:
>
>> That's troublesome too. {-chuq} means that "each other" is the
>> implied object. We don't have any kind of prefix trick for {yI-} or
>> for {-chuq}, so we mustn't assume that the verb can take an object
>> other than the implied "each other."
>
> I'd personally accept HIvje'mey penobchuq (not yInobchuq) as "give
> one another cups", but it is indeed not explicitly supported by
> canon.
Yes, I wouldn't be terribly put out if we learned that it is an
extension of the prefix trick, or another kind of "implied ditransitive"
verb property.
On the other hand, I cringe sometimes because it's easy to get rules
that mimic English usage (as back-fits to goofs), but much harder to get
rules that say "it DOESN'T work the way an English speaker might expect."
--
SuStel
http://www.trimboli.name/
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