tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 24 16:15:13 2001
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RE: subordinate clauses (was KLBC)
- From: "De'vID" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: subordinate clauses (was KLBC)
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:17:09 -0500
- Importance: Normal
> > yejquv DevwI' moj ghawran 'e' wuqta' cho' 'oDwI' Dapu'bogh
> > janluq pIqarD HoD.
> > Gowron... named leader of the High Council by Captain Jean-Luc
> > Picard, who was acting as Arbiter of Succession. S25
SarrIS:
> This is a fine example of Okrand violating his most frustrating rule as he
> puts {-ta'} on {wuq}, the second verb of a Sentence As Object. We are told
> in TKD that we are not supposed to do this. I hope we can consider this to
> be an outdated rule, since Okrand has broken it a number of times, and he
> has told us that usage is the key to understanding the language.
chutvam meq yIDel.
What was the reason for the rule?
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De'vID
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