tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 27 10:01:58 2009
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Re: Adverb placement (was Re: The topic marker -'e')
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Christopher Doty <[email protected]> wrote:
> "separate and full" does not necessarily mean that it isn't embedded.
I see a clear contradiction between the words "separate" and
"embedded". Embedded means it is part of something. Separate means it
is not.
> In the English "I see that you went to the store," "you went to the
> store" is a separate and full sentence unto itself, but it is ALSO
> EMBEDDED.
On the other hand, in the Klingon sentences {Suy DaSuchpu'} and {'e'
vIlegh}, {Suy DaSuchpu'} isn't embedded.
If you consider that {'e'} is defined as a pronoun, not as a
complementizer, does that help you see the difference here?
-- ghunchu'wI'