tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 23 15:11:44 1997
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Re: Correct state of my name list
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Correct state of my name list
- Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 17:11:36 CDT
peSHIr wrote:
>
> It still seems strange though. Without the comma it really means
> only that the name/word used in direct address is the subject if I
> see it in writing. Must be me...
>
I may be wrong, but I feel that if the name was the subject,
the verb prefix should indicate 3rd person subject.
so in your example (qavan), the name could be neither subject
nor object and must therefore be a vocative wherever it is
placed (before or after the verb)
HomDoq