[tlhIngan Hol] {-Daq} and {-bogh} and {Sumbogh} and {Hopbogh}

[SuStel]

On 2/2/2022 8:24 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
> SuStel:
>> The head noun of a relative clause must be the subject or object of the clause
> Ok, I think I understand this.
>
> SuStel;
>> and the head noun must be the noun that fits into the main sentence.
> I'm afraid I don't understand this. Can you explain this further? Or
> perhaps just write an example?

The head noun of the relative clause is the "anchor" that fits into the 
main sentence, with the rest of the relative clause dangling from it.

*wov wa'Hu' HuDvo' Hov leghpu'bogh HoD
*/The star that the captain saw from the mountain yesterday was bright./
**

The relative clause is *wa'Hu' HuDvo' Hov leghpu'bogh HoD*/the star 
which the captain saw from the mountain yesterday. /The head noun of the 
relative clause is *Hov.* If you were to include this noun in the main 
sentence without the rest of the relative clause, the sentence would 
still work: *wov Hov* /The star was bright./

The head noun of a relative clause needs to fit into the main sentence 
in this way, /and/ the head noun of a relative clause must be the 
subject or object of the relative clause. Therefore, it is not possible 
to construct a relative clause like *DujDaq jIHaw'pu'bogh* /ship in 
which I fled /because the head noun is not subject or object of the main 
clause, and we know that *Duj* is your intended head noun because it is 
the noun that fits into the main sentence: *Duj vIleghpu'*/I saw the ship./

That's why /the ship in which I fled/ is a no-no in Klingon.

-- 
SuStel
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