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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/5/2019 10:47 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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<div dir="auto">Lets take the sentence {tera'vo' Qo'noSvaD taj
vIngeH}, and lets assume that by {Qo'noS} I mean the "people of
kronos".</div>
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<div dir="auto">When we read it as "from earth (for the benefit
of) the people of kronos", then can't it mean too something
like:</div>
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<div dir="auto">"I send it from earth, to someone unspecified, but
for the benefit of the people of kronos" ?</div>
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<div dir="auto">Why do the people of kronos *have* to be the
recipient ?</div>
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<p>What you're asking is whether the beneficiary meaning of <b>-vaD</b>
can be separated from the indirect object meaning of <b>-vaD.</b>
The answer is not by grammar. <i>The Klingon Dictionary</i>
describes indirect objects as a subset of beneficiaries. So you
have to rely on context to tell you which one is meant, if the
difference is important.<br>
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<p>SITUATION ONE: An ancient Klingon knife is found in a deceased
collector's collection on Earth. The estate donates the knife to
Earth's government, and Earth decides to give it back to the
people of Kronos as a gesture of goodwill. <b>tera'vo' Qo'noSvaD
taj vIngeH</b><i> I send the knife from Earth to be received by
Kronos.</i></p>
<p>SITUATION TWO: Terrorists have planted a bizarre bomb under the
surface of Kronos which will explode if a certain knife is not
removed from the surface of Earth. They don't care where the knife
ends up; they just don't want it on Earth. I am on Earth and find
myself in possession of the knife. <b>tera'vo' Qo'noSvaD taj
vIngeH</b> <i>I send the knife from Earth to benefit Kronos.</i><br>
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