[tlhIngan Hol] "Prefix trick" with third-person verb prefixes

[SuStel]

On 10/1/2024 9:42 AM, SuStel via tlhIngan-Hol wrote:
> On 9/30/2024 5:15 AM, Luis via tlhIngan-Hol wrote:
>> 1. *tlhIngan Hol jatlh chaH* cannot be an instance of the "prefix trick" (meaning "They speak Klingon to them") because there is another possible interpretation, i.e. a direct quotation with no object, so no "prefix trick" is being used and the sentence can only mean "They say: 'Klingon language'". Right?
>
> Right.
>
Well, it's technically correct, but what I forgot to mention is that 
it'll probably be interpreted as a mistaken attempt to say *tlhIngan Hol 
lujatlh chaH, *rather than an attempt to say /They say, Klingon 
language./ Unless the quotation version is already expected by the listener.

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SuStel
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