[Tlhingan-hol] "A Klingon Christmas Carol" trailer

[SuStel]

On 11/25/2014 4:39 PM, Lieven wrote:
> Am 25.11.2014 um 21:58 schrieb SuStel:
>>> 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.
>
> Oh, now I see what you mean. So you search for a "visible" object and
> not just one suggested by the suffix.

Exactly. We know, for example, that the prefix trick allows {qajatlh} 
even though we also know that the direct object of {jatlh} is the thing 
said or the language spoken. {qajatlh} doesn't mean "I speak you," it 
means "I speak to you." Because we know {SoH} is not an appropriate 
object for {jatlh}, the prefix trick lets us indicate an indirect object 
with the object portion of the verb prefix.

> paq'batlh seems to have enough.

Indeed, it would seem to clinch it.

As for a "muddy" meaning: I see {ja'} as meaning "deliver information, 
often verbally" while {jatlh} means "make vocal language noises." 
Sometimes they can be used interchangeably, sometimes not. This is not a 
deficiency in the language.

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