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

[Steven Boozer]

I noticed another example with {‘e’} as the subject or {ra’}:

  nuH'e' qengbogh mangghomvam luDel 'e' ra' molor
  Molor asks them what weapons this army carries (PB)

Not an imperative, but a work-around:  “he orders that they describe X”


From: Brent Kesler [mailto:brent.of.all.people at gmail.com]
Sent: February 5, 2016 14:20

I was just pondering a similar question. What do people thinking about using imperative prefixes in {'e'} clauses?

For example, "I order you to surrender!"
1. bIjegh 'e' vIra'!
2. ? yIjegh 'e' vIra'!

I think 1 is acceptable and standard. What do people think about 2? Ungrammatical? Grammatical but marked?


On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 10:38 AM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name<mailto:sustel at trimboli.name>> wrote:
paq'batlh page 125:

   qamchIy HurDaq
      SuvwI’pu’Daj ra’ qeylIS
      SaqSub yIjaH

   Outside Qam-Chee,
      Kahless tells his warriors
      To go to the Saq'sub.

Here we see {ra'} being used as a verb of saying, as well as having the persons spoken to as its object.

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SuStel
http://trimboli.name



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