<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On May 3, 2019, at 12:43 PM, mayqel qunen'oS <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div id="d_1556901788947"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">{latlh Doch'e' 'ar DaleghlaHbogh tu'lu' ?}</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">how many additional things which you are able to see there are ?</span></font></p><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Is this correct ?</span></font></p></div></div></blockquote><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">{'ar} feels like an adjectival verb to me. The placement of the type 5 topic suffix {-'e'} bothers me. On the other hand, I'm not comfortable saying {Doch 'ar'e'} either.</span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On the gripping hand, what meaning does {-'e'} carry here anyway? I don't see any reason for it to be present at all.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then again, what purpose do {Doch} and {tu'lu'} serve in this sentence? I would just ask {latlh 'ar DaleghlaH}? “How many additional ones can you see?” There might be context that makes the longer sentence more reasonable, but from the way it was presented I think it sounds like a too-slavish translation instead of a clear and natural question.<br><br></span><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-- ghunchu'wI'</span></div></div></body></html>