[tlhIngan Hol] Does Da necessarily require an object ?

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Wed Mar 6 06:13:25 PST 2019


On 3/6/2019 9:06 AM, Daniel Dadap wrote:
>> On Mar 6, 2019, at 07:59, mayqel qunen'oS<mihkoun at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>> Da is defined as "behave as, act in the manner of". Does this mean
>> that it necessarily needs to take an object ?
>>
> I don’t know the answer to your question for sure, but I’m thinking most likely yes, it requires an object.

I think it probably doesn't /require/ an object, but you'd be 
hard-pressed to find uses for it that don't require an object.

>
>> Can we say for instance, {choQaHmeH chay' jIDanIS ?} "in order that
>> you help me, how do I need to behave ?"
>>
> I’d probably avoid saying that by saying something like “chay' jIvangnIS” or “nuq/'Iv vIDanIS” instead.

Definitely these.

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