[tlhIngan Hol] Go and come, know, impersonal verbs
luis.chaparro at web.de
luis.chaparro at web.de
Wed Apr 12 04:38:21 PDT 2023
>> 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.
Sorry, in Spanish we say "final clauses", but I think in English "purpose clauses" is much more common.
>> 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.
Thank you! I think I've got it!
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