tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 09 06:10:15 1997
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Re: Krankor's article
- From: Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Krankor's article
- Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 16:07:57 -0800
- Organization: Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science
- References: <[email protected]>
Terrence Donnelly wrote:
> I'm confused by one section of Captain Krankor's article in the latest
> HolQeD. He writes {mulegh SuvwI'pu'vo' cha'}, meaning 'two of the
> warriors see me'. I'll accept the odd word order, which I guess is
> justified because {SuvwI'pu'} is supposed to modify only {cha'}.
> (Like if I said {HaDI'baH pe' ghojmeH taj} 'the boy's knife/practice
> knife cuts the meat', where {ghojmeH} is meant to modify only {taj}.)
How do we know that this is possible, though? What canonical examples
of nouns in oblique cases or purpose clauses modifying nouns are there?
--'Iwvan
--
"mIw'e' lo'lu'ta'bogh batlh tlhIHvaD vIlIH [...]
poH vIghajchugh neH jIH, yab boghajchugh neH tlhIH"
(Lewis Carroll, "_Snark_ wamlu'")
Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected], [email protected]>
Dept for Math Lx, Inst for Maths & CompSci, Bulg Acad of Sciences
Home: cplx Iztok bl 91, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria