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Re: KLBC: tlhIngan loDvam 'Iv ?



ja' SuStel:
>Unfortunately, changing this to {"postcard" lInglu'bogh} means you have to
>accept using a {-bogh} clause on a noun with {-Daq}.  Perhaps this is
>possible, but it's certainly questionable.

It's okay if the noun with {-Daq} is the *subject* of the {-bogh} clause,
anyway:

{meQtaHbogh qachDaq Suv qoH neH} "Only a fool fights in a burning house."

If there's no other obvious head noun on the {-bogh} verb, a preceding noun
with {-Daq} or some other type 5 suffix is the most likely candidate to act
as the object of the relative clause, but it's not very pretty.

-- ghunchu'wI'




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