[Tlhingan-hol] KLBC : Sentences as objects

De'vID de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com
Thu Nov 19 07:06:18 PST 2015


De'vID:
>> The {paq'batlh} also has some instances where the person addressed is
>> the object of {ja'}. So it has both.

SuStel:
> Anything explicit? Or just more prefix-trick ambiguity?

There's these three sentences (which occur together):

{loDnI'Daj vavDaj je ja' qeylIS / nIteb peghoS / HatlhDaq peleng}
"Kahless tells his brother and father / to go their separate ways, /
And travel the lands."

{toDuj lutraj quv lutraj je / QoymoH tlhIngan tuqmey / tIja'}
"To tell the Klingon tribes / their story of courage, / And honor."

{DaH peHarghchoH / DaH molor yISuvchoH / tIja'}
"To tell them that now is the time / To take up their arms / And fight
against Molor."

In the first sentence, the explicit object of {ja'} appears to be
{loDnI'Daj vavDaj je} "his brother and (his) father". There is no
{-vaD} on them, though.

In the last two sentences, the implied object of {tIja'} is {tlhIngan tuqmey}.

-- 
De'vID



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