On 1/9/2017 6:24 PM, Michael Roney, Jr. wrote:
puq vIQorgh. SoS jIDa.>
vIDa
Okay, explain. I thought I wrote "I'll behave as a mother" Are you saying that {vI-} is the correct way to say that? Or are you saying that {vI-} will actually turn that into "I'll behave as a mother to/for her"? I'm just not sure what the object is here.
Sustel explains:
The object of Da is the thing that the subject is behaving as. If the wizard is behaving as a mother, then SoS Da 'IDnar pIn'a'. If I behave as a mother, then SoS vIDa jIH, or just SoS vIDa.
Look at some examples of {Da} "behave as, act in the manner of": nepwI' Daba' He is obviously lying. TKD yejquv DevwI' moj ghawran 'e' wuqta' cho' 'oDwI' Dapu'bogh janluq pIqarD HoD. Gowron... named leader of the High Council by Captain Jean- Luc Picard, who was acting as Arbiter of Succession. S25 SuvwI' DameH puqloDwI' vIghojHa'moH DaH 'e' vItlhoj I see now, I have failed to raise my son a man PB Prefix {Da-} "you [do something to] him/her/it/them" jIlay'ta' 'ej batlh jIpabta' vaj choDanIS I have kept my word of honor, and so should you PB Prefix {cho-} "you [do something to] me" -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons