On 10/5/2016 1:03 PM, Aurélie Demonchaux wrote:
So I would assume that this structure is also valid for any similar verb that can have 2 objects, like < jatlh > (tell, say)
Thus, taking the example “I told you no” (“you” being singular here):
Correct/classical grammar:
SoHvaD < ghobe’ > vIjatlhta’
Here the verb prefix is vI (I--it), agreeing with the direct object < ghobe’ >.
Prefix trick:
< ghobe’ > qajatlhta’
with the prefix agreeing with the indirect object “you”.
"Verbs of speech" are a special case. TKD section 6.2.5 tells us that when using two sentences consisting of a phrase with a verb of speech and a phrase the speaker is saying, the two sentences are treated as completely separate and simply put next to each other, in either order. Thus, /what/ you say is not the object of the verb of speech. *SoHvaD jIjatlhta' /ghobe' ghobe'/ SoHvaD jIjatlhta' */I said to you, "No."/ Notice that the verb of speech has no object. You /can/ use the prefix trick with verbs of speech, even if they have no object: *qajatlhta' /ghobe' ghobe'/ qajatlhta' */I said to you, "No."/ -- SuStel http://trimboli.name