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

DloraH seruq at bellsouth.net
Thu Aug 10 16:13:33 PDT 2017


On Thu, 2017-08-10 at 12:25 -0400, SuStel wrote:
> On 8/10/2017 11:52 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
...
> *
> *
> > What I'm trying to understand (and the more this thread continues, the
> > "trying" becomes "struggling"), is why -as De'vID wrote- "the pattern
> > is {X-vo' Y-Daq chegh} and not {Y-Daq X-vo' chegh}".
> 
> I don't know anything about there being a REASON it can only work that 
> way. What I know is what Voragh has already pointed out: we have many 
> 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."


For me, a leading -Daq would be the location where the whole [-vo' -Daq
chegh] is taking place.

HoD - [nuqDaq beq?  yuQ ghoSta''a'?]
yaS - [jISovchu'be'.  yuQ ghoSlaw']
yuQ ghoS HoD.  beq nej.

Meanwhile... DujDaq puchpa'vo' vutpa'Daq chegh beq.



- DloraH





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