[tlhIngan Hol] The book of our good captain

[Lieven]

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.

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.

Another approach: TKD tell us the word 'e' can be translated as "that". 
When I read {nuq Datlhutlh} as the object of {DaneH}, I should translate 
it literally as "You want that what do you drink". This is why I do not 
see it as the object.

But maybe I am on the wrong track - and it wouldn't matter anyway as we 
know that THIS construction is allowed.

Question words used as relative pronouns seems to be not allowed as far 
as I remember.

-- 
Lieven L. Litaer
aka Quvar valer 'utlh
Grammarian of the KLI
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