[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tey'be'

[SuStel]

On 3/9/2016 3:50 PM, David Holt wrote:
> From: mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com>
>
>>> QISta': megh vut tey'be'wI' 'e' nID 'ach SIjwI' SamlaHbe'.
>
>> this confuses me ; the way I understood the SAO until now, the
>> sentence preceeding the {'e'} functioned as the object ; and the
>> subject needed to come last (after the {'e'}). O 'e' VS. Doesn't
>> the subject always need to be placed last ? The way I analyze the
>> original sentence, it goes OS 'e' V. ?!?!?!
>
> Let me see if I can put it in a way that helps.  I'm going to switch
> the verb to neH because "attempting" is always something you do
> yourself, but you can "want" someone else to do something.

Beware! {neH} is a special exception in sentences-as-objects: it usually 
does not use the pronouns {'e'} or {net}.

Otherwise Jeremy's advice is good.

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