tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 03 07:49:18 1996
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Re: Embedded wh-questions
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Embedded wh-questions
- Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 09:49:14 CST
- In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Dec 1996 17:32:04 PST." <[email protected]>
>
> > How about
> >
> > 'Iv 'oH *Mary* parHa'bogh nuv'e' 'e' vISIv
> > 'Iv 'oH nuv'e' parHa'bogh *John* 'e' vISIv
>
> Well, perhaps /'Iv ghaH .../. But is this really that different from /'Iv
> parHa' *John* 'e' vISIv/?
>
HIvqa' veqlargh! <ghaH> vIghItlhnISba'. And you're right it is not different.
Probably the problem is that SIv doesn't obviously take an object. If its
object is the thing you wonder about, then "I wonder who likes Mary." would
just be {*Mary* parHa'bogh 'Iv'e' vISIv} and the "Who do you wonder whether
they like Mary?" type would have to be s.th. similar to the other example
(i.e. ***{'Iv ghaH *Mary* parHa' nuv'e' DaSIvbogh?}). btw maybe SIv works
like a verb of speech, so you would say {<<*Mary* parHa' 'Iv>> jISIv}.
Then you'd probably have to say {<<*Mary* parHa' vay'>> bISIv. 'Iv ghaH
nuvvam'e'?}
HomDoq