[tlhIngan Hol] verb prefix when the object noun is topicalized by {-'e'} and precedes the adverb

mayqel qunen'oS mihkoun at gmail.com
Wed Jan 19 11:13:40 PST 2022


lieven:
> Of course, the prefix has to accomodate
> its object, so it surely is {romuluSnganpu'e' DaH tIHIv}.

Thanks for taking the time to reply!

lieven:
> {qagh vIvut. nom yISop.}
SuStel:
> The object of Sop in that sentence is 'oH.
> It has been elided as allowed. It looks like
> the yI- is agreeing with the qagh, but
> really it's agreeing with the pronoun
> whose antecedent is qagh.

I hadn't realized that! So in the {romuluSnganpu'e' DaH tIHIv} the object
of {tIHIv} isn't the {romuluSnganpu'}, but rather an elided {chaH}.

But then why does tkd that "The adverbial may actually follow the object
noun (but still precede the verb) when the object noun is topicalized by
means of the noun suffix {-'e'}", if in the tkd example the object of {yI-}
isn't the {HaqwI'} but rather an elided {ghaH}?

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