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RE: KLBC: Subordinate clauses and 'e'

• From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: KLBC: Subordinate clauses and 'e'
• Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 17:51:05 -0700

jatlh Eodrakken:

> I'm having trouble with subordinate clauses in sentences
> using <<'e'>>.  For example, how does one say, "If you
> think I've made a mistake"?  <<jIQaghpu' 'e' DaQubchugh>>
> or <<jIQaghpu'chugh 'e' DaQub>> ?

The first one - <jIQaghpu' 'e' DaQubchugh>. Here's how the various parts
work:

jIQaghpu' - I have made a mistake
jIQaghpu' 'e' DaQub - You think that I have made a mistake
jIQaghpu' 'e' DaQubchugh - If you think that I have made a mistake, ...

The pronoun <'e'> can only stand in for a whole sentence, so you really
can't put any type nine suffix on a verb before <'e'>.


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