On Fri, 11 Jan 2019 at 15:18, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
tkd:
maghoSchoHmoHneS'a' may we execute a course (to some place)? (TKD)
I don't understand this sentence; why does it need the {-moH} in the first place ? How is it any different from saying simply {maghoSchoHneS'a'} ?
The difference is that this sentence is just asking if they're beginning to go somewhere. With the {-moH}, they're *making* something (for example a ship) begin to go somewhere. The speakers (they're on a ship) are not asking if *they* can go somewhere (like the bathroom), they're asking if they can *cause* (the ship) to go somewhere.
The way I would interpret the {maghoSchoHmoHneS'a'} is "we cause to begin to follow a course, (sir/captain, whatever..) ?"
{ma-} means that "we" do something, and there is no object, but also when an object is not specified.
Why not just say {maghoSchoHneS'a'} for "we cause to follow a course , (sir/captain, whatever..) ?" ?
Did you mean to write {-moH} (not {-choH}) in the Klingon, or "begin" (not "cause") in the English? Those sentences don't match. But in any case, the answer is because the speaker is not asking permission to go somewhere themselves, but to alter the course (of a ship which is being alluded to). -- De'vID