tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun May 06 08:03:11 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Variant word order
QeS 'utlh:
> laS veghaS HIltonDaq {Hov leng: yIjeSchu'} qaSchoHmo', bIlopqu'meH HIlton
> yIghoS.
> "Come celebrate the grand opening of "Star Trek: The Experience" at the
> Las Vegas Hilton."
> [...]
> qeylIS DIS chorghvatlh loSmaH jav qaStaHvIS
> "in the Year of Kahless 846" ('u' Invitation)
>
> I wonder if we might be seeing a rare construction in which the subject is
> brought to the front to emphasise it or bring it into focus. Both of these
> are from pretty heavily emphatic contexts.*
They're also both from invitations. Perhaps like {-jaj} with toasts,
{qaS} on invitations follows special grammar.
> * Outside the game, of course, I realise this is just a canonised mistake.
> But it's fun to ponder. :)
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