Awesome. I'd assumed {naDev} was functioning purely like an adverb, and blinded myself to any other possibility apparently :/<div><br></div><div>Thanks.<br><br>On Saturday, December 17, 2016, De'vID <<a href="mailto:de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com">de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 17 December 2016 at 07:01, Brian Cote<br>
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> povvam <paq'batlh>Daq mu'tlheghvam 'IH vItu':<br>
><br>
> "DaH naDev jIHtaHbogh meq Saja'."<br>
> /Now I will tell you why I am here./<br>
><br>
> toH, jaj naQ vIqeltaH, 'ej DaH jIghel vIneH.<br>
><br>
> 'ach wa'DIch vIQIj:<br>
><br>
> "jIHtaH meq" 'oHbe'chu' mu'tlhegh lugh, 'ej "naDev jIHtaH" 'oHbej mu'tlhegh<br>
> lugh, 'ach "naDev jIHtaHbogh" 'oHlaH'a' /adverb/ lugh? lughnIS, qar'a'?<br>
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You're parsing this sentence incorrectly.<br>
<br>
{naDev} is a noun. {naDev jIHtaHbogh} is a noun. {naDev jIHtaHbogh<br>
meq} is a noun-noun construction.<br>
<br>
Also, think about what it would mean if {naDev} were an adverbial<br>
instead of a noun. The sentence would mean *"Now, here (in this<br>
present location), I will tell you my reason for being."<br>
<br>
--<br>
De'vID<br>
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