On 2/7/2018 10:27 AM, SuStel wrote:
Sentence as object is not defined as "sentence 'e' verb"; it is defined as "sentence1 sentence2" (although there is later mention of the "two-verb (or two-sentence) construction." There are several kinds of SAO, including those using *'e'* or *net,* those using *neH* in the second sentence, those using verbs of speech, and those using *rIntaH.*
Personally, I think that the sentence as object is just a subset of the general trend of "sentence squishing" that Klingon regularly engages in. *'uSDaj chop; chev*/bite his leg off!;/ *Danumlu'; Sa' Damoj*/promoted to general;/ *bIr; bortaS rur*/cold as revenge./ That is, Klingon doesn't mind shoving short, closely-related sentences together to make a single point. This is why I think Qov's *tlhIngan maH; taHjaj* /remain Klingon /is good: one mini-sentence is the setup; the other is the payoff. The sentiment is not complete until the entire utterance is complete. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name