13 Jun
2019
13 Jun
'19
9:50 p.m.
On Jun 13, 2019, at 18:51, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
These are just words to describe Klingon, not inherent properties of the language.
Right; I was just curious how widespread using this terminology was, since it hasn’t been used AFAIK in any of the canonical descriptions of Klingon grammar. As for dative/benefactive, I’m accustomed to benefactive falling under the dative umbrella already in some Earth languages I happen familiar with, so I didn’t think of benefactive as being separate from dative in the moment, but you’re right that {-vaD} covers both in Klingon and should be acknowledged as both.