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Re: }} charghwI' writes his first poem



>Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 21:07:20 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "R.B Franklin" <[email protected]>

>Tue, 15 Aug 1995, ghItlh charghwI':

>> According to Marc Ruehlaender:

>> > > DaH QuchlaH no'wI''e' qa'pu' DaHoHta'bogh.
>> ... 
>> > the way I think it SHOULD work would be
>> > no'wI' DaHoHta'bogh qa'pu'
>> > but that is obviously not an allowed phrase

>Why is it not allowed?  I think it should be {no'wI' DaHoHta'bogh qa'pu'} 
>and canon supports this type of construction.  

>In PK we have {jagh lucharghlu'ta'bogh HuH} (the bile of the enemy which 
>someone has defeated) or (the bile of the defeated enemy) or "the bile 
>of the vanquished".  The final noun {HuH} of this N-N relative clause 
>construction is the object of the sentence {jagh lucharghlu'ta'bogh HuH 
>ghopDu'lIj lungaSjaj.} (Despite the weird O-S-V construction of this 
>ritual phrase.)

>Another canon example of a N-N relative clause construction is on DS9 
>trading card #99 (1993 series):  {He ghoSlu'bogh retlhDaq} (on the side 
>of a course which one follows) or (on the side of a followed course) or 
>"beside a passage".  Here the locative {-Daq} is correctly placed on the 
>final noun of the N-N construction.

Thank you!  There was the canon I couldn't remember if we had.  Sounds like
Marc's got support (OUR Marc, not Okrand.)

~mark



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