[Tlhingan-hol] {ra'} as verb of saying

[Lieven]

Am 05.02.2016 um 23:20 schrieb Brent Kesler:
> For example, "I order you to surrender!"
> 1. bIjegh 'e' vIra'!
> 2. ? yIjegh 'e' vIra'!

I believe that from the examples we have, the object of {ra'} is the 
person being commanded, not the thing to be done:

{chay' jura'}
What are your orders? ST6

{qara'DI'}
"when I command you" TKD

So when adding the command, I would use it like indirect speech:

{qara': yIjegh.}
"I order you: surrender"

In my ears, a phrase like {bIjegh 'e' vIra'!} sounds like the prefrix 
trick used to say "I ordered him (someone else) that you (the listener) 
surrender."

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