[tlhIngan Hol] Imperatives and {-be'}

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> On Jul 7, 2017, at 10:06, Lieven wrote:
> {loD vIghojmoH} "I teach the man"
> {Hol vIghojmoH} "I teach a language"
> 
> and now say "I teach the man Klingon".
> 
> The clearest answer is {loDvaD tlhIngan Hol vIghojmoH}, but isn't the {loD} the one who does {ghoj}?

It's worth pointing out that to a Russian speaker, the "obvious" construction would be the opposite one:

tlhIngan HolvaD loD vIghojmoH

Compare with the Russian:

Я учу мужчину клингонскому
I-NOM teach man-ACC Klingon-DAT

-SapIr