tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 02 13:04:52 1997
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Re: rIghwI'mey vIHoH
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: rIghwI'mey vIHoH
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 13:04:48 -0700 (PDT)
At 10:47 AM 9/2/97 -0700, lab SuStel:
> [email protected] on behalf of Qov wrote:
> > DaHoHQo'qu'chugh batlh bIHegh'a'? DaHoHQo'chugh nuch qar'a' SoH?
>
> Hmm, {qar'a'} follows a verb or an OVS phrase. When used with a "to
> be" phrase, I'd imagine that it belongs at the end, not after the
> noun. DaHoHQo'chugh nuq SoH qar'a'?
bIlughbej. DopDaq qul yIchenmoH QobDI' ghu'.
Often when I use qar'a' with a pronoun for emphasis {bIghung qar'a'
SoH?} I tuck it behind the pronoun. Looks like it's become a habit
extended to where it doesn't belong.
> And that makes one wonder about a sentence like {nuch ghaH
> verengan'e' qar'a'?}. Can one say {nuch ghaH qar'a' verengan'e'?}
vIlaj jIH. 'ach lajqangwI' jIH qar'a'?
Qov ([email protected])
Beginners' Grammarian