tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 27 15:45:40 2003
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Re: -bogh and noun-noun constructions
From: "...Paul" <[email protected]>
> I was thinking about this this morning... Can you shove a -bogh clause in
> between nouns in a noun-noun construction?
>
> Given:
> nuH qun = "The history of the weapon"
>
> Can you do:
> nuH'e' Qachbogh qun = "The history of the weapon he wielded"
>
> The second noun would be confused with the clause, I'd think ("the weapon
> which history wielded")
You can't do this. Section 3.4 of TKD disallows it. You can't put a Type 5
noun suffix on the first noun in a noun-noun construction. */nuH'e' qun/ is
an illegal construction, so /nuH'e' Qachbogh qun/ can ONLY mean "the weapon
which history wielded."
SuStel
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