[tlhIngan Hol] expressing "they are there"

Will Martin willmartin2 at mac.com
Wed Feb 17 11:26:17 PST 2021


jIvanHa’pu’mo’ jIQIj.

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

DaH yInmeyraj Dachegh.

charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan

rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.

> 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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