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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/18/2021 8:09 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CAP7F2cLb3t-hmwBkXhzo9jHVRE7RTRYHm3=JDTiNiODS6v73Lg@mail.gmail.com">At
st6, as soon as the dinner is over, and the klingons take their
places on the transporter in order to return to Qo'noS wa', cheng
is heard saying:<br>
<br>
DaH machegh<br>
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I'd rather expect to hear {DaH wIchegh}. The {DaH machegh} gives
me the impression of cheng saying, "now we return somewhere
unspecified on something which is unspecified too"</blockquote>
<p><b>chegh</b> is one of those verbs whose object is automatically
given a locative sense. The object of <b>chegh</b> is the
destination to which you are returning. If you do not include an
object, the destination to which you are returning is considered
to be general or vague.<br>
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<p>Let's remember that <b>DaH</b><i> now</i> is an adverbial, not a
noun, and is not the object of this sentence. Let's remove it to
avoid confusion.</p>
<p><b>wIchegh</b> means <i>we return to him/her/it.</i> This is
clearly not what <b>cheng Sa'</b> means to say: what <i>it</i>
does he mean? On the other hand, <b>machegh</b><i> we return (to
someplace unspecified)</i> is exactly what he means: the person
at the other end of his communicator knows exactly what he means,
so he doesn't bother to say where they're returning to. He doesn't
need to. He could say <b>Duj wIchegh,</b> but his transporter
operator already knows that. When Kirk says <i>beam us up,</i> he
doesn't have to say <i>beam us up to the ship,</i> does he? No.</p>
<p>Remember also that the verb imparts a locative sense to the
object; the locative isn't dangling off the verb into space. If
there's no object, there's no locative.<b> chegh</b> without an
object means <i>return.</i><br>
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