[tlhIngan Hol] muvchuqmoH. seriously ?

[mayqel qunenoS]

> Does that make sense?

Yes, it does ! thanks !

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Rhona Fenwick <qeslagh at hotmail.com> wrote:
> ghItlhpu' mayqel, jatlh:
>
>> {vIqIp'eghmoH} for "I caused him to hit himself".
>
>> is it acceptable ?
>
>
> Absolutely (I believe). I'll try to explain why.
>
>
> The verb root {qIp} is bivalent. It can take two arguments: a subject and
> object.
>
> Subject {ghaH}
>
> Object {SoH}
>
> Verb form: {DuqIp} "he hits you"
>
>
> Adding {-'egh} reduces the verb's valency count by one, disallowing an
> object.
>
> Subject {ghaH}
>
> Object {SoH} → none
>
> Verb form: {qIp'egh} "he hits himself"
>
>
> Adding {-moH} adds a new subject - the causer of the action - which pushes
> the old subject out of subject position and demotes it to the first
> available empty category. Since the object was deleted by {-'egh}, there is
> no object, meaning the object spot is now open to "catch" the old subject.
>
> Causer {jIH} → new subject
>
> Old subject {ghaH} → object
>
> Verb form: {vIqIp'eghmoH} "I make him hit himself"
>
> (Not that the brain goes through that process consciously, but it's a fair
> description of how Klingon causatives work.) Does that make sense?
>
>
> QeS 'utlh
>
>
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