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Re: Aw: Re: adverbials



ja' SuStel:
>/ram/ is a noun that means "night."  /rammo'/ is a noun meaning
>"because-of-night."  Then, because "because-of-night" isn't likely to be the
>subject or object of the sentence, the gets dumped into the "header" space.

It goes there not because it's "unlikely" to be subject or object, but
because it *is* the reason.  (I do agree that it isn't likely to be
anything else.)

>P.S.: /ram/ is a REALLY bad example word . . . .

bIlughqu'.

-- ghunchu'wI'


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