[Tlhingan-hol] qo''e' tu'bogh pagh - 'ay' wej

[Lieven Litaer]

>  > So though all these have {'oH} rather than {ghaH}, I still have no
> problem with just {nuqDaq ghaH Spock'e'}.

Thanks for these examples. It might really be an exception, or unwritten 
rule.

> What's the rule here?  When is {-taH} needed?

TKD, Chapter 6.3 "To be":

There is no verb corresponding to "to be" in the sense of "to be at a 
place". Again, the pronouns are used, followed, where appropriate, by 
verbal suffixes.

pa'wIjDaq jIHtaH.

pa'DajDaq ghaHtaH la''e'.

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Perhaps the point is the phrase "where appropriate". This might mean, 
that you do not *need* the suffix -taH. You can probably also be -lI' at 
a place instead of -taH.

Lieven.