To produce spoken language, deliver a speech, or utter quoted words. What is spoken is the direct object, while a named hearer is marked as an indirect object, and a direct quotation may stand before or after the verb.
Examples
tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh'a'?
Do you speak Klingon?
tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhlaHbe'.
I cannot speak Klingon.
yIjatlhQo'!
Do not speak!
'eb Qav jatlhpu'.
He said, “Last call!”
'avwI'vaD jatlh qama' jIghung.
The prisoner says to the guard, “I am hungry.”
Similar words
ja'
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