On 3/11/2019 12:04 PM, Steven Boozer wrote:
{naDev Da’elpa’}.
If you asking about {naDev}, it’s a noun in Klingon not an adverbial, and thus can be the object of a verb. If you’re asking whether {‘el} takes an object, it does; e.g.:
*tach vI'el*, *HItlhej* Let's go to the pub. (RT)
*Hevetlh wIghoSchugh veH tIn wI'el maH'e'*
that course will take /us/ into the [/Great/] Barrier as well! (ST5)**
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*neHmaH Da'el net tu'* Caught breaching the Neutral Zone. (MKE)
He's asking whether *'el* is a verb with an inherent locative sense. The answer is no, it is not. The object of *'el* does not have to be a locative. The fact that *naDev* is automatically locative doesn't change the lack of locative requirements of *'el.* *tugh naDev wI'el */Soon we will enter here./ It's awkward in English to say /enter here;/ I wonder if *naDev* being inherently locative makes this just as awkward in Klingon. You might prefer sentences like *tugh pa'vam wI'el* or *tugh Daqvam wI'el.* -- SuStel http://trimboli.name