tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 19 15:26:42 1994
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Re: Doch Sar
> I once figured out that the problem with the sentence-as-subject
>construction is that since the pronoun {'e'} is the device used, it divides
>the two sentences when it represents the object of the second sentence. For
>it to represent the subject of the sentence, it would follow the second verb
>and NOTHING would divide the two sentences, so there would be no way to
>determine if a noun between the two verbs were the subject of the first verb
>or the object of the second. It becomes very logistically confusing. While
>sentence-as-subject would be a valuable tool, the lack of it has not stopped
>me from saying many things in Klingon.
Have you considered that the pronoun {'e'} or whatever it would be might
*precede* the sentence to which it refers. In this way, the VS syntax would
be retained and the sentences would be truly divided.
But using {'e'} is most likely not how SAS's work. There is most likely some
other formation. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being something
totally different from the SAO's as we know them. But, like you said once,
Okrand's a busy man. matuv.
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