On 8/1/2023 4:44 PM, luis.chaparro--- via tlhIngan-Hol wrote:
1. *vengDaq taw vIghoS* would be however (without further context) ambiguous, right? It could mean: *I go along the road toward the city* or *I go along the road in the city*.
This is not ambiguous in Klingon. *-Daq* simply has a larger scope of meaning than the various English prepositions that it corresponds to. This is true of any use of the locative. *yuQDaq jIHtaH.* This could mean I am /on/ the planet, and this is the translation one would commonly expect, but it could also mean I am /in/ the planet or /by/ the planet. In fact, it means all of those at once; it means /I am locative-planet./
4. How can I distinguish between *I go along the road* and *I approach toward the road*? Following SuStel's explanation, and supposing I've understood it right, I would say *taw vIghoS* could only mean *I go along the road*, *tawDaq vIghoS* would have two meanings: *I go along the road* with a redundant *-Daq* or *I go along (something) toward the road* with an elided pronoun. But with De'vID's explanation I'm not sure any more.
Using *ghoS?* It will always be ambiguous without further context. *taw vIghoS* can mean /I go along the road, /but it could also mean /I go to the road,/ where the road is simply the name of the destination, outlining your course to the road. It's not about whether or not you use *-Daq.* Instead of the course being the road's length, the course is that course which leads to the road. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name