[Tlhingan-hol] beginners corner

[Elizabeth Lawrence]

Think of the sentences:

I meet you at the restaurant
Qe'Daq qaghom

I encounter the targ
targh vIghom

The mothers meet every month
Hoch jar ghom SoSpu'

The klingon speakers meet here
naDev ghom tlhIngan jatlhwI'pu'

In the first two examples, the verb ghom is transitive, and refers to a
meeting between groups or individuals.  In the latter two examples, the
verb is used intransitively, and refers to the meeting of a single group.
I might gloss the difference as meet/encounter (transitive) versus
meet/assemble (intransitive).

be''etlh

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 4:32 AM, Lieven <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:

> Am 02.02.2015 um 10:08 schrieb De'vID:
>
>> Here's another instance where electronic access to HolQeD would be
>> handy. At the end of that sentence, there is a footnote to look in
>> HolQeD 7.4, Dec. 1998. (The relevant part is actually on p.11.)
>>
>
> I do have HolQeD and I have read that part. I still didn't see how the
> meaning of the verb {ghom} has changed if it has an object. Maybe that's
> why the asker was confused in the first place.
>
> Perhabs it's because I'm not a native english speaker?
>
> {ghom} "meet, encounter"
> {maghom} "we meet"
> {qaghom} "I meet you"
>
> There is no real "change in meaning" - is there?
>
> --
> Lieven L. Litaer
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