There are some verbs, which contain the concept of "for, about, etc". For example {SaH} "care about, be concerned about".
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.
Don't think of SaH as containing the concept of for,
about, etc. Think of it in Klingon. If you SaH a
thing, you consider it and like it and pay attention to it. You're
not doing anything "for" anything; you're SaHing
something.
For example, we say {romuluSngan vISaHbe'} and not {romuluSnganvaD vISaHbe'}.
I do not SaH the Romulan versus I do
not SaH it for the Romulan.
But I need to ask.. If we did write {romuluSnganvaD vISaHbe'}, would that be wrong ?
It doesn't mean I SaH the Romulan; it means I
SaH it for the Romulan.
And in case someone wonders why I'm asking..
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}.
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}.
— 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
There is no prefix for "me to myself," so use suffixes and/or prefixes.
jIHvaD nob vInob
I give a present to myself
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