Am 20.04.2020 um 14:55 schrieb mayqel qunen'oS:
With the exception of the three cases already mentioned, people talk intentionally. They set out to talk, and then do so.
Well, based on that logic, almost everything is done intentionally. But here's an interesting counter example from canon: In Star Trek 3, Kruge yelled at his gunner {qaja'pu': jonta' neH} "I told you: only the engine!" This is repeated in TKD: <<< This suffix indicates that an action is completed. It is often translated by the English present perfect ("have done something"). {Daleghpu'} "you have seen it" ({legh} "see") {vIneHpu'} "I wanted them" ({neH} "want") {qaja'pu'} "I told you" ({ja'} "tell")
So it is possible to have an accomplished saying that was obviously intentionally, but yet not as an accomplished deliberately undertaken action. The difference is that you can of course speak intentionally, but you can speak without planning to say something, that's why -pu' is used instead of -ta'. Using {-ta'} with ja' sounds like "I finally went to the woman of my dreams and told her that I love her: vIja'ta'!" -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.tlhInganHol.com