[tlhIngan Hol] Placement of the qatlh

[SuStel]

On 2/18/2019 10:41 AM, Lieven L. Litaer wrote:
>
>> But I can also supply a counterargument. *vaj malopmeH tlhIHvaD nob 
>> SaSuqpu'* /So to celebrate, I've gotten you all a gift./ (Hallmark 
>> commercial) Here, the adverbial *vaj* is placed before the purpose 
>> clause.
>
> Here, the vaj works more like a conjunction. Using it after the -meH 
> part makes less sense. 

Not at all. It's an adverbial, meaning that this sentence is a logical 
continuation of whatever came before.

I think Okrand wasn't really thinking carefully about this issue, and 
just closely translated the English.

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SuStel
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