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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/6/2020 11:29 AM, Will Martin
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:C9C472C4-6473-4236-9653-7CCD25EEE9EB@mac.com">The thing
to add to this that hasn’t been mentioned yet is that {-meH}
clauses, especially when they modify nouns, are the closest thing
Klingon has to an infinitive form of the verb. [...] Also, for
{ja’chuqmeH rojHom}, the {-chuq} is not so much to functioning to
imply a plural subject for {ja’} as it is to make {ja’} have the
meaning “discuss, confer” instead of “tell”. </blockquote>
<p>This is quite right. It's actually a lesson that can be
generalized: in a sentence like <b>wo'rIvvaD quHDaj qawmoH
Ha'quj,</b> the <b>-moH</b> is not so much functioning to
rewrite the syntax of the entire sentence as it is to make <b>qaw</b>
mean <i>remind</i> instead of <i>remember</i>. <b>qawmoH</b> is
the Klingon word for <i>remind,</i> even if its grammar is
different than English <i>remind.</i><br>
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