[tlhIngan Hol] Reversing the order of {-vo'}

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Thu Aug 10 09:52:29 PDT 2017


On 8/10/2017 12:39 PM, Lieven wrote:
> Am 10.08.2017 um 18:25 schrieb SuStel:
>> canonical examples of *X-vo' Y-Daq OVS* and none of *Y-Daq X-vo' 
>> OVS.* The answer to your question is "that's just the way it is."
>
> Sometimes, things are just as they are and why should you change it. 
> In English, you also go "from here to there" and saying that you go 
> "to there from here" sounds strange (to me at least). 

You CAN reverse them in English. /How do I get from here to there? How 
do I get there from here?/ But notice the dropping of the /to;/ the 
order CANNOT be reversed if the /to/ remains.

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SuStel
http://trimboli.name

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