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Re: KLBC

Terrence Donnelly ([email protected]) [KLI Member]



--- Alan Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:

> ja' Voragh:
> 
> > QeS:
> >>> ...I'm not sure that true adverbs can modify
> each other; I know  
> >>> of no canon evidence either way.
> >
> > I found two, though one is poetry/song:
> >
> >    batlh maHeghbej 'ej yo' qIjDaq vavpu'ma' DImuv.
> >    pa' reH maSuvtaHqu'
> >    Then we die with honor and join our fathers in
> the Black Fleet
> >    where we battle forever. (Anthem)
> 
> How are the adverbs modifying each other here?  Each
> is in its own  
> sentence and has no apparent connection to the
> other.
>

I believe he is referring to {pa'} and {reH}, not
modifying each other, but both modifying
{maSuvtaHqu'}.

-- ter'eS






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