[tlhIngan Hol] Does rIntaH require a sentient being ?

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Fri Mar 8 13:06:01 PST 2019


On 3/8/2019 3:17 PM, Will Martin wrote:
> {rIntaH} also can follow a sentence to indicate that something is 
> completely done.
>
> Both of these instances involve the verb {rIn} without its own 
> subject, object, or prefix indicating subject or object.

TKD says that *rIntaH* follows the verb. No examples of verbs with 
explicit subjects have occurred, so a strict reading of the text says 
that *vIje' rIntaH jIH* is more correct than *vIje' jIH rIntaH.* I would 
not be surprised if that weren't an absolute — but again, we have no data.

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SuStel
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