tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 25 14:17:49 1998
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Some Grammar Questions
- From: [email protected] (JEFF ZEITLIN)
- Subject: Some Grammar Questions
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 98 17:14:00 -0500
- Organization: Execnet Information System - 914-667-4567 - 206.181.98.136
1. Compound Imperatives
If the objects of two sentences are the same, is it
necessary to repeat the common object, or may the
sentences be combined:
qama'pu'li' yISaH - Care about your prisoners!
qama'pu'li' yIQorgh - Care for your prisoners!
Given those two sentences, is
qama'pu'li' yISaH 'ej yIQorgh
permissible for "Care about your prisoners, and care for
them!"?
2. Topicalization with 'e'
Is it acceptable/proper to use this construct to convert
a multi-word sentence into a noun phrase?
jagh boHIvmeH Dup bolo' - You use strategy to attack the enemy.
becomes
jagh boHIvmeH Dup'e' bolo' - the strategy that you use to attack the enemy
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Jeff Zeitlin
[email protected]
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