tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 05 09:29:53 1999
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Re: Word Order (KLBC)
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Word Order (KLBC)
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 12:29:51 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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On Tue, 5 Jan 1999 08:18:01 -0800 (PST) Eduardo Fonseca
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Just a question here. I would say: {puq vIqIp jIH'e'}
> in order to say that was ME and merely ME (nobody else) who hit
> the boy. qar'a'.
>
>
> Edy
That's probably overdoing it. Drop the {-'e'} and you get the
effect you want. The reference to this useage is easy to miss.
TKD page 52: "Pronouns can be used as nouns, but only for
emphasis or added clarity." In {puq vIqIp jIH}, the {jIH}
doesn't add any clarity because it was already obvious that the
subject was {jIH}, so it can only serve to emphasize the
subject. Basically, I offer the following increasing emphasis on
the subject:
puq vIqIp.
puq vIqIp jIH.
puq vIqIp jIH'e'!
puq vIqIp jIH'e' jay'!
charghwI' 'utlh