[tlhIngan Hol] Go and come, know, impersonal verbs

[De'vID]

On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 8:05 PM <luis.chaparro at web.de> wrote:

> Thank you for your explanation, De'vID! It was indeed a problem with the
> English language.
>
> But if I understand it right, final clauses in Klingon rather express the
> *real* purpose / intention of the main clause.


I don't know what you mean by "final clauses" here, but {-meH} really is
about purpose. The verb preceded by the purpose clause is an action that's
done in order to accomplish something.


> A sentence like *This is too heavy for me to move it*, cannot be rendered
> with *vIvIHmoHmeH tlhoy 'ugh*, unless you are trying to say that its being
> too heavy makes it somehow possible for you to move it (?).


Yes.


> (Such sentences use in German the conjunction *als dass* instead of
> *damit*, and the *Konjunktiv*).
>
> Am I getting it right?
>

I'll let Lieven deal with questions about German grammar.

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De'vID
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