[Tlhingan-hol] wanI' ghangwI'

mayql qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Tue Feb 16 08:24:35 PST 2016


ok, thank you for explaining this !

qunnoq

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 6:02 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> On 2/16/2016 10:42 AM, mayql qunenoS wrote:
>>>
>>> If you didn't use the prefix trick, this would be more obvious, since
>>> you'd use {jIHvaD vI-} instead of {mu-}.
>>
>>
>> I don't understand this.. I can't find a way of re-writing the
>> sentence {muraD vay' 'ej muchmeyvam mubejmoH}, by the use of {jIHvaD
>> vI-}.
>
>
> See TKD addendum section 6.8: Indirect objects. An indirect object may be
> indicated with the {-vaD} suffix.
>
> jIHvaD muchmeyvam bejmoH [vay']
> [something] causes me to watch these presentations
>
> Since the indirect object appears explicitly, there is no need to indicate
> it with the verb prefix, so that can go back to agreeing with the direct
> object.
>
> Always remember, though, that {-vaD} means "beneficiary," not "indirect
> object." An indirect object can usually be considered a beneficiary, but
> sometimes a beneficiary is not an indirect object. For instance, in {Qu'vaD
> lI' De'vam} "this information is useful for the mission," {Qu'vaD} is a
> beneficiary, but not an indirect object.
>
>
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