tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Sep 06 10:42:28 2002
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Re: HeghmeH QaQbogh jaj yIngu'
>tulwI' asks:
>
>>>jIQupqa' vIneH'a' jIH? loQ. loQ jIpay. loQ jIchoH vIneH. jIQupqa' vIneH
>>>'ach qanwI' Sov vISov vIneH, jIQuptaHvIS. DuHHa'.
>>
>>grammar question:
>>is it really possible to add /jIQuptaHvIS/ _after_ the
>>ovs-structure (i.e., after the body)? i thought that a phrase like
>>/jIQuptaHvIS/ must go into the header.
>
>No. Dependent clauses can go either before or after the main
>clause. Cf. TKD (p.63) for an explicit example:
>
> SutlhtaHvIS chaH DIHIvpu' = DIHIvpu' SutlhtaHvIS chaH
> While they were negotiating we attacked them.
>
>Stating the dependent clause first is apparently a matter of good -
>or, at least, the most common - Klingon style. It's not a
>grammatical requirement.
voragh,
thank you. a "dependent clause" is a sentence, whos verb has a type 9
verb suffix, right? so, type 9 clauses can appear in the header or
after the body. but how do we call the are behind the body? tail?
tulwI',
sts.