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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/5/2017 2:45 PM, mayqel qunenoS
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cite="mid:CAP7F2cLD5+MokyvkPqPnuNayz+NppGXpX6m6PQVhpyQFkr+XPA@mail.gmail.com">There
are some verbs, which contain the concept of "for, about, etc".
For example {SaH} "care about, be concerned about".
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<div dir="auto">And we have said, that when we are using these
verbs, we don't place an additional {-vaD} on the word, which
would take a {-vaD}, if the "for, about, etc" concept wasn't
included in the verb.</div>
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<p>Don't think of <b>SaH</b> as containing the concept of <i>for,
about</i>, etc. Think of it in Klingon. If you <b>SaH</b> a
thing, you consider it and like it and pay attention to it. You're
not doing anything "for" anything; you're <b>SaH</b>ing
something.<br>
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<div dir="auto">For example, we say {romuluSngan vISaHbe'} and not
{romuluSnganvaD vISaHbe'}.</div>
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<p><i>I do not <b>SaH</b></i><i> the Romulan</i> versus <i>I do
not <b>SaH</b> it for the Romulan.</i><br>
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<div dir="auto">But I need to ask.. If we did write
{romuluSnganvaD vISaHbe'}, would that be wrong ?</div>
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<p>It doesn't mean <i>I <b>SaH</b> the Romulan; </i>it means <i>I
<b>SaH</b> it for the Romulan.</i><br>
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<div dir="auto">And in case someone wonders why I'm asking..</div>
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<div dir="auto">In cases where I wanted to say "I gave to myself a
present", since there is no prefix for "me-myself", I wrote
{qunnoqvaD nob vInob}.</div>
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<div dir="auto">But if I want to say "we care only for us", and I
want to write {maHvaD neH maSaH}, I stumble upon the fact that
the concept of {-vaD} is already included in the {SaH}.</div>
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<p>— in the chart notes subject-object combinations which cannot
be expressed with the Klingon verb prefix system. For such
meanings, suffixes (section 4.2.1) and/or pronouns (section 5.1)
must be used. —TKD</p>
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<p>There is no prefix for "me to myself," so use suffixes and/or
prefixes.</p>
<p><b>jIHvaD nob vInob<br>
</b><i>I give a present to myself</i></p>
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