tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 24 23:56:24 2002
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Re: Question about 'e'
From: "Sangqar (Sean Healy)" <[email protected]>
> TKD tells us that {'e'} and {net} are "used primarily...with verbs of
> thinking or observation....[t]hey are always treated as the object of the
> verb".
>
> It later tells us "all pronouns...can be used as verbs".
>
> These two statements seem to be at odds. (I say this because Okrand
didn't
> say 'all personal pronouns' and he didn't say that {'e'} and {net} were
> exceptions.) Judging from usage on this list, the first one seems to take
> precedence (i.e., we never see things like {Doch QaQ 'e'}, with {'e'}
acting
> as a verb the way the personal pronouns do). Why is this? Is there
> subsequent canon from Okrand? Was it an arbitrary choice?
There is a third statement you've forgotten about: "The pronouns /'e'/ and
/net/ are used only in special sentence constructions (see section 6.2.5)."
Thus, Okrand DID say that /'e'/ and /net/ were exceptions, when he said
they're only used in special constructions, and he references the Sentence
As Object section. We don't use /'e'/ or /net/ as "to be" pronouns, because
they're only used as object sentence pronouns.
SuStel
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