[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'vatlh cha'maH Hut: <no' chavmey>

[ghunchu'wI']

On Jan 23, 2012, at 9:12 PM, Robyn Stewart <robyn at flyingstart.ca> wrote:

>> {ja'} is probably the wrong verb to use here. Are there any examples
>> of its use with anything other than a person as its object? I think
>> {jatlh} would work better, as its object (if any) is usually the thing
>> being spoken (the "speech event").
> 
> I connect its gloss "tell" with stories and "report" with information as an object.

Whereas I interpret "tell" as being directed at a person ("I told you", "tell yourself"), and "report" is included to accommodate the no-object usage.

Cue a canon search of {ja'}…

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