tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Nov 29 23:19:42 1997
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Re: Noun-noun with {'e'}
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Noun-noun with {'e'}
- Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 23:19:40 -0800
ghunchu'wI' wrote:
}>Can someone tell me why I shouldn't use {'e'} as the first noun of a pair
}>of nouns in this way?
SuStel wrote:
}For one thing, pronouns are never used in noun-noun constructions (except
}for things like {jIH Dung} "area above me"). This fact is stated explicitly
}on TKD page 52. And there is no Type 4 noun suffix devoted to {'e'} or
}{net}.
Qov wrote:
}For one, {'e'} is a pronoun, and pronouns are only used in possessives when
}it's a noun of proximity.
toH! wa'logh maghoHbe SuStel jIH je. :)
Qov [email protected]
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