[tlhIngan Hol] Placement of the qatlh

[SuStel]

On 2/18/2019 10:28 AM, Jeffrey Clark wrote:
> On Feb 18, 2019, at 10:22, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name 
> <mailto:sustel at trimboli.name>> wrote:
>  Compound sentences are sentences, and if we were to follow the rules 
> too closely, we would be considering *qatlh nuq ta'pu' 'ej ta'pu',* 
> which is obviously wrong.
> There’s a difference in relationship between compound sentences and 
> sentences with clauses. You can drop the {‘ej} and both statements 
> make sense independent of one another — the conjunction serves to link 
> them logically.
>
> With the -meH (or a -moH) statement, both parts of the sentence are 
> intrinsically interrelated you can’t separate them apart and have them 
> make sense without one another.

That's true, but not relevant. I am illustrating why you can't just see 
the word /sentence/ and automatically know what you're talking about, 
not that purpose clauses and compound sentences are the same thing.

-- 
SuStel
http://trimboli.name

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