[tlhIngan Hol] verb {tlhap} "take" for beings

[Will Martin]

vaS’a’Daq Qang qopmeH, HoD lutlhej wej mang.

“Take", “go", and “enter" somewhat redundantly describe a story more simply and directly told. “Accompany” explains the gathering of four people and going somewhere, so a simple locative and {qopmeH} tells the rest of the story, once you name names.

Maybe you could use {tlhap}, but then there are a huge collection of verbs you could use. Some work better than others, and {tlhap} doesn’t work especially well. It is good to exercise your vocabulary toward a specific meaning rather than overuse more generic verbs. I’d use {ra’} before I’d use {tlhap} in this instance, since it better explains the authority relationship and the action.

> On Jan 21, 2022, at 7:40 AM, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Suppose I write:
> 
> Qang qopmeH HoD, wej mang tlhappu', 'ej vaS'a' lujaHpu'
> in order to arrest the chancellor, the captain took three soldiers and went to the great hall
> 
> Is this use of {tlhap} correct?
> 
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