tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Sep 28 13:36:59 2007
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Re: grammar question: verbs used adjectivally
McArdle wrote:
> I don't have my copy of TKD with me, so I can't quote
> it directly, but I believe what it says is that the
> head noun of a relative clause can be either the
> subject or the object of the main verb. The word
> "prohibiting" was an exaggeration; it's more accurate
> to say that TKD "doesn't [explicitly] allow" nouns
> with other functions (which would include nouns with
> type 5 suffixes other than {'e'}) to participate in
> relative clauses.
pab Da'oghpu'. ja' tlhIngan Hol mu'ghom ('ay' 6.2.3):
The whole construction (relative clause plus head noun), as a
unit, is used in a sentence as a noun. Accordingly, this
construction follows or precedes the verb of the sentence,
depending on whether it is the subject or object.
pabvamvaD ram DIp mojaq.
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