tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jul 13 08:19:01 2003
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muponta' Quvar.
> >tkd says in 5.3 that "je" goes after the verb, but does this mean
> immediately
> >after the verb, or can it come after the subject too?
>
> In this case, I stick to TKD very strictly. I'm sure that it must follow the
> verb immediately, because
> when it follows more than one noun, it is "and". What if the subject is a
> sum of several things?
> "Duras and Worf saw you too."
> {nIlegh je DuraS wo'rIv je}
>
> If {je} "also" comes after the subject, we'd have two {je}:
> {nIlegh DuraS wo'rIv je je}
>
> In this case, or if the sentence is much longer, it's not so clear what the
> {je} belongs to. When it's
> next to the verb, you see immediately what is "also" happening.
>
> lugh'a'?
>
> Quvar
> Beginners' Grammarian.
>
Quvar, vuDlIj vIlaj. teH 'oH 'e' vIHar. choponta'.
lay'tel SIvten