[tlhIngan Hol] some info on {jatlh} and {jang}

D qunen'oS mihkoun at gmail.com
Mon Jun 20 05:02:40 PDT 2022


jIH:
> since the only object {jang} can take is a/the person hearing the reply
SuStel:
> Did Okrand say the only object jang can take is the person hearing the
reply?
> If so, I missed that. I can imagine sentences like bey vIjang I answer
the wail or
> pum vIjang I answer the accusation, no prefix trick.
De'vID:
> Why do you believe that {jang} can only take a person as the object?
> Maybe it can take {QIn} or {ghum} or {qaD} or {bom} or {mu'} as objects.

I was obviously under the erroneous impression that the only object {jang}
can take is the person to who someone {jang}s. I don't know why or how I
came to believe so, but now I realize that I was wrong all along.

-- 
Dana'an
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