tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 19 07:54:35 2007
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Re: jIHtaHbogh naDev vISovbe'
qa'vaj wrote:
> I agree that the 'predicative' can in the appropriate cases be a noun with
> the suffix <<-Daq>>. But I don't see any reason to force that to always be
> the case, when the grammar (as I have always used it) works without doing
> this. Just a plain old locative in the header slot. Are you going to do
> this to all the type-5 suffixed nouns?
>
> What are your proposals for:
>
> pa'DajDaq chachmo' jIHvaD 'oH QIn'e'
>
> jIHvaD pa'DajDaq chachmo' 'oH QIn'e'
You misunderstand. I do not claim that all nouns with type 5 suffixes,
or even just all locative nouns, must be a predicative. I'm saying that
when the noun is what the pronoun's "being" is all about, then it's the
predicative. That's what a predicative is.
In your examples I DO say that all the nouns that aren't {QIn'e'} are
predicatives. But one can also invent a sentence in which such nouns
aren't predicatives:
pa'DajDaq rejmorgh ghaH HoD'e'
In his quarters, the captain is a worrywart.
The "being" is not about "being in his quarters," it's about "being a
worrywart." {rejmorgh} is a predicative; {pa'DajDaq} is a header.
SuStel
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