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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/18/2019 10:41 AM, Lieven L. Litaer
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" style="color: #000000;">But I can also
supply a counterargument. *vaj malopmeH tlhIHvaD nob SaSuqpu'*
/So to celebrate, I've gotten you all a gift./ (Hallmark
commercial) Here, the adverbial <b class="moz-txt-star"><span
class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>vaj<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b>
is placed before the purpose clause.
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Here, the vaj works more like a conjunction. Using it after the
-meH part makes less sense.
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<p>Not at all. It's an adverbial, meaning that this sentence is a
logical continuation of whatever came before.</p>
<p>I think Okrand wasn't really thinking carefully about this issue,
and just closely translated the English.<br>
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