tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 09 14:46:48 1998
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Re: {-meH} and its useage
'eQ wrote:
>I just wondered how it would look like if a {-meH} phrase would modify a
>verb, especially if both the {-meH} phrase *and* the other verb has both
>subject and object.
Voragh writes:
>jagh luHoHmeH jagh lunejtaH
> They are searching for the enemy in order to kill him
> ("In order to kill the enemy, they are searching for the enemy"). TKD
>
>yIn DayajmeH 'oy' yISIQ
> To understand life, endure pain. TKW
>
>HIq DaSammeH tach yI'el
> To find ale, go into a bar. TKW
>
>[...and other examples...]
There's the answer. While the clause with {-meH} must always precede
what it modifies, it doesn't have to *immediately* precede it. In these
examples, it comes before the object of the sentence as well as the verb.
> or you could put the -meH clause last:
>
> (ghaH) HIv SuvwI', tonSaw' ghojmeH loDHom.
No, you can't. The original question was based on the rule that purpose
clauses must always come before what they modify.
-- ghunchu'wI'