tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 17 19:23:07 1997
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Re: Krankor's article
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>Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 10:31:45 -0800
>From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
>
>SuStel writes:
>>We have never seen nouns with Type 5 suffixes modifying other nouns.
>
>Actually, we *have* seen a possible example of it. One of the audiotapes
>gives us {Qo'noSDaq vay' DaSov'a'?} "Do you know anyone on Kronos?" It's
>a little more logical to interpret "on Kronos" as modifying "anyone" here
>instead of "know", in my opinion. The location of the "knowing" action
>isn't what's being discussed, is it?
Bleah; I don't buy this. It's far too close to call. While not strictly
100% logical, it's reasonable to talk about the "knowing" being on Kronos,
which "obviously" implies that the person known is. When you're on Kronos,
do you know anyone? Obv., someone else who lives here.
~mark
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