[99866] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] "A Klingon Christmas Carol" trailer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Tue Nov 25 15:58:34 2014
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:58:19 -0500
From: SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <5474EB99.2070208@gmx.de>
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On 11/25/2014 3:50 PM, Lieven wrote:
> Am 25.11.2014 um 21:34 schrieb SuStel:
>> To my knowledge we have no canonical example of an explicit noun or
>> pronoun in the object position for {ja'}. We have prefixes only, but
>> those are prefix-tricky.
>
> TKD:
> "I told you" {qaja'pu'}
> "Don't tell him" {yIja'Qo'}
>
> Voragh certainly has more...
>
> I always saw the verb in meaning of "report to someone" or "talk to
> someone", regardless whether you call this direct or indirect object. I
> do not see this as the prefix trick.
>
> We also have two similar examples for direct speech for this:
>
> ST3 (line with wrong subtitles)
> "I told you: only engines" {qaja'pu': jonta' neH}
>
> repeated in TKD:
> "I told you: don't interrupt me" {qaja'pu': HIqaghQo'}
None of those have an explicit noun or pronoun object on them.
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SuStel
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