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possessive suffixes and antecedents

• From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
• Subject: possessive suffixes and antecedents
• Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 23:14:31 -0500

I noticed something a little curious in one of our new BG's posts, and
decided to expound upon it.

>juHDajDaq puq vIlegh.
>I see the child in his home.

I don't really know how the tlhIngan Hol possessive suffixes work in this
sort of situation, but in English words like "his" and "their" normally
refer to a *previously* mentioned noun.  SuStel's sample sentence can be
translated "In his home I see the child," and the phrase "his home" could
very easily not be referring to the *child's* home.  For example:

puq jonlaw'ta' yaS.  qatlh vIHar?  juHDajDaq puq vIlegh.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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