tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 22 14:54:05 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Trains
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ghItlhpu' Felix, jatlh:<br>> I believe this was first seen in paq'batlh, with the phrase {lujang maS’e’ loQ So’be’bogh QIb lurur} ("They reply, shaped as the crescent moon.")<br><div>> This phrase rather interestignly shows {loQ} coming after the object; not sure if that's allowed because of the -'e', or some undiscovered grammatical rule, or just fancy language.<br><br>This has been rehashed several times on the list; this very pattern is explicitly discussed in the TKD Addendum, section 6.8.<br><br>As for "undiscovered grammatical rule", my personal belief is that the pattern can be simply interpreted using rules we already have. I think {loQ} can come after the object here because {-'e'} is a Type 5 suffix, and like all nouns with Type 5 suffixes (see TKD section 6.1), it is possible to put an {-'e'}-marked noun in the so-called "header" position, at the beginning of the sentence: cf. {qIbDaq SuvwI''e' SoH Dun law' Hoch Dun puS} "you would be the greatest warrior in the galaxy" from, I believe, ST5.<br><br>QeS<br></div> </div></body>
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