[Tlhingan-hol] Because you mentioned it (Was: Expressing instrumentality)

[qurgh lungqIj]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 8:58 AM, lojmIttI'wI'nuv <lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is why I hate this construction. You, SuStel, and I don’t seem to be
> able to agree on what it means, so perhaps it’s a good idea to avoid this
> construction, unless Okrand ever gets around to explaining it better.
> Unless Voragh has evidence as to how this should be interpreted.
>
> So, help me out here. If I want to say “Krankor taught Seqram the Klingon
> language,” should I say, {tlhIngan HolvaD Seqram ghojmoHta' Qanqor} or
> should I say, {SeqramvaD tlhIngan Hol ghojmoHta’ HoD Qanqor.}
>
> pItlh
> lojmIt tI'wI'nuv
>
>

{tlhIngan HolvaD Seqram ghojmoHta' Qanqor} = "Krankor caused the Klingon
language to learn Seqram"

{SeqramvaD tlhIngan Hol ghojmoHta’ HoD Qanqor.} = "Captain Krankor caused
Seqram to learn the Klingon language"

qurgh
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