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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/8/2019 9:59 AM, Will Martin wrote:<br>
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<div class="">I don’t get {‘e’ vIwIvmo’.} SAO, as I’ve always
understood it, consists of two complete sentences linked by the
pronoun. The second sentence here is a dependent clause. Maybe
this is just informal speech, but it seems ungrammatical, as if
this is proper grammar for answering a question, but I’m not
sure that’s the case.</div>
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<div class="">Consider in English the difference between two
answers to “Why are you sad?”:</div>
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<div class="">1. "Because my nephew just died."</div>
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<div class="">2. “My nephew just died.”</div>
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<div class="">The first version doesn’t add any meaning, and it’s
not really grammatically complete. Any answer to a “Why”
question is already known to be a reason, so you don’t need to
begin it with “Because…”</div>
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<p>There is plenty of evidence to show that when TKD speaks of
"sentences," it really refers to any verbal clause.</p>
<p><i>paq'batlh</i> has examples of using <b>'e'</b> in a dependent
clause.</p>
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<p><b>qeylIS Qaw’ ‘e’ nIDmeH<br>
yerDaj weH molor<br>
‘ej juH qachDaj meQmoH</b></p>
<p><i>Molor did not destroy Kahless</i><i><br>
</i><i> By burning his house</i><i><br>
</i><i> Or ravaging his lands.</i><b><br>
</b><br>
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<p><b>Hoch qImmoH mu’meyDaj</b><b><br>
</b><b> ghob ‘ach ‘ej val</b><b><br>
</b><b> yIntaH ‘e’ luleghmo’ chaH mer</b><br>
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<p>All were bemused by his words,<br>
Wise and full of spirit,<br>
And astonished to see him alive.</p>
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<p><b>le’yo’raj nIHlu’ta’mo’ penoD jatlh qeylIS</b><b><br>
</b><b> nuHmeyraj tIQorgh</b><b><br>
</b><b> watlh ‘Iwraj ‘e’ lu’aghmo’ nuHmey jej</b><br>
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<p><i>About avenging their stolen pride,</i><i><br>
</i><i> About caring for their weapons,</i><i><br>
</i><i> For they represent the purity of their blood.</i></p>
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<p><b>jatlh ‘e’ mevDI’ qeylIS, lop</b><b><br>
</b><b> chaq tugh batlh Heghmo’</b><b><br>
</b><b> ‘ej chaq tugh charghmo’</b></p>
<p><i>After Kahless’s words, they celebrate,<br>
For they may soon die with honor!<br>
For they may soon be victorious!</i></p>
<p><b>veqlarghvo’ narghbogh loD<br>
chutDaj bIv ‘e’ ngIlbogh loD<br>
DaH pongDaj Sov qotar<br>
</b></p>
<p><i>Now Kotar has the name<br>
Of the one who eluded Fek’lhr,<br>
And dared to defy his rules.<br>
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<p>I'll stop here. There are undoubtedly more.</p>
<p>Now, if you're concerned that the dependent clause is never
followed up by a main clause, I'd just chalk that up to informal
speech, as you suggest.<br>
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