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

[Steven Boozer]

Qov:
>>> {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.

ghunchu'wI':
> 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'}…


WILL MARTIN: "And a typical direct object of {ja'} would be the person addressed and a typical object of the verb {jatlh} would be the thing you say." 
MARC OKRAND: "The speech event."   [MO interviewed, HQ 12/1998]


qaja' 
I tell you. TKD

qaja'pu' 
I told you. TKD

qaja'qang 
I am willing to tell you. TKD

nuja'rup 
They are prepared to tell us. TKD

HIja'neS 
Do me the honor of telling me. TKD

choja'chugh 
if you tell me. TKD

choja'pa' 
before you tell me. TKD

choja'Qo'chugh 
if you won't tell me (if you refuse to tell me). TKD

yIja'Qo' 
Don't tell him! TKD

yIja''egh 
Tell yourself! TKD

peja''egh 
Tell yourselves! TKD

qaja'pu' HIqaghQo' = HIqaghQo' qaja'pu' 
I told you not to interrupt me. TKD

nuja' tlhIngan wIch ja'wI'pu' 
According to Klingon legend... S8

ja'chuqmeH rojHom neH jaghla' 
The enemy commander wishes a truce (in order) to confer. TKD

maja'chuqjaj? 
[Uhh...] Can we talk? PK

'uQ wISoppu'DI' maja'chuq 
We will talk after dinner. PK

quv HIja'chuqQo' 
Don't speak to me of honor. PB


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons