[tlhIngan Hol] expressing "they are there"

[Will Martin]

jIvanHa’pu’mo’ jIQIj.

QIntlheghvam vIjang ‘e’ vIHech, ‘ach jIQubqa’ ‘ej jImev ‘e’ vIwuq. Qin vIghItlhchoHpu’bogh vIQaw’ ‘e’ vIHech, ‘ach bong vIlab.

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> On Feb 17, 2021, at 2:10 PM, Will Martin <willmartin2 at mac.com> wrote:
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> Will Martin
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>> On Feb 17, 2021, at 12:05 PM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com <mailto:de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 at 15:01, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com <mailto:mihkoun at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Suppose we write:
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>> pa', bIHtaH toQDuj'e'
>> there, are (the) birds of prey
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>> If this is correct, then why would it be wrong to say {pa', chaHtaH chaH'e'} ? It's a simple substitution: "there, are they".
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>> Read the part in TKD 6.3 where it says "In the above examples, the subjects are pronouns. If the subject is a noun, it follows the third-person pronoun...". The fact that pronouns and nouns are treated differently here rules out your substitution.
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