[tlhIngan Hol] Thoughts on {-moH}

mayqel qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Tue Dec 6 10:16:31 PST 2016


there is something I noticed on {-moH}.

If we use it on an intransitive verb it makes it transitive:

jISaQ I cry
qaSaQmoH I make you cry

But what if we place it on a transitive ?

jIchoH I change
qachoH I change you
qachoHmoH I cause you to change

jIyuv I push
qayuv I push you
qayuvmoH I cause you to push

I don't know how to describe it in grammar terms, but it seems that as soon
as we place the {-moH} on a transitive verb, then the object can't "do what
the verb says to someone or something else".

If I write qayuvmoH for I make you push, then I may obviously be saying "I
make you push", but how do I say "I make you push the table" ?

raS qayuvmoH ? Is this correct ? can we have the {raS} just sitting there
unmarked ?

qunnoH jan puqloD
ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'
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