[tlhIngan Hol] The book of our good captain

Terrence Donnelly terrence.donnelly at sbcglobal.net
Wed Jul 13 09:57:26 PDT 2016



      From: Lieven <levinius at gmx.de>
 To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org 
 Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 11:37 AM
 Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] The book of our good captain
   
Am 13.07.2016 um 18:16 schrieb Alan Anderson:
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 12:04 PM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>> lieven:
>>>> ghorgh [bItlhutlh DaneH]
>>>> (a question word in front of a SAO)
>>>> and not
>>>> [ghorgh bItlhutlh] DaneH
>>>> (a Question as object)
>>
>> I disagree with Lieven's grouping.

ghItlh Lieven:>I like that, as I may be wrong. The problem is that I'm not a linuist >and I lack the correct words. Maybe I have a mindtwist and say 
>differently from what I think.

>After all, there will be no difference in the final phrase...

>This is how I see the phrases in my head: "you want to drink" - 
>{bItlhutlh DaneH}. That's a statement. "you drink" is the object of 
>{DaneH}. All fine. Now I change the entire thing to a question adding a 
>question word: WHEN do you want to drink ("please state the time of your 
>desired drinking event"). In this construction, I see it not as the 
>object of the wanting.

Let's not forget the canon construction {HIq Datlhutlh DaneHbogh yIngu'}.
So, ?{HIq DatlhutlhDI' poH yIngu'}?


-ter'eS

   
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