tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Mar 19 07:04:20 1994
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Re: KLBC: Spring Break
- From: trI'Qal <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Spring Break
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1994 15:20:46 -0400 (EDT)
...Paulvo':
>>>neH "'ach jIneHqu'nISmo' jIghIQQo'" 'e' mu'tlhegh pImDaq vIjatlhlaHpu''a'
>>>I'll translate this right off the bat...
>>>Could I have said "'ach jIneHqu'nISmo' jIghiQQo'" in a separate sentence?
>>>Is it possible/how would I create a "But..." sentence?
>>
>>Well, first, let's disect the question itself. First off, we get
>>that strange use of neH again. This time, I suspect it is intended
>>as the adverbial, meaning "merely, just". Recall, though, that the
>>rule is *special* for this neH-- unlike other adverbials, it
>>*follows* the thing it modifies.
>
>This I didn't realize. It was intended to be an adverbial for merely, just
>
>Thanks for the corrections; hope I can remember them for the next time... :)
>
>...Paul
<neH> is the only adverbial that functions this way; it is the exception to
the rule. I remember it by thinking of <neH> and <je> (when it is used to
eman "also") in a seperate category together, by themselves; they both follow
the verb. You can also (almost) throw <jay'> in there as well, although it
always comes at the end of the sentence instead.
--HoD trI'Qal