30 Aug
2017
30 Aug
'17
11:24 a.m.
Which nouns make sense in a {[verb]meH [noun]} phrase? In a discussion in Facebook, someone asked to translate "Tell me why you did that" and I suggested {DamaghmeH meqlIj yIDel} "describe your reason for betraying him". Somebody corrected me that the noun in such a phrase should be some kind of tool, as in {pe'meH taj} and {ja'chuqmeH rojHom}. Is there any evidence for or against any of this? I feel that {maghmeH meq} sounds reasonable (no pun intended) but others don't. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka Quvar valer 'utlh Grammarian of the KLI http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher www.klingonwiki.net/En/Type9VerbSuffixes