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If you read "meH'ed noun" as representing a "verb with -meH preceding a noun that it is modifying", then the verb before it could represent the main verb of the sentence. In other words, I suspect he meant, what you would have preferred to be written as:<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> on behalf of Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 31, 2021 6:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Klingon language email discussion forum <tlhingan-hol@kli.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [tlhIngan Hol] {ghIq} {ngugh} and time adverbs with time stamps</font>
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On Sat, 2021-10-30 at 22:59 +0300, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:<br>
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> jIH:<br>
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> > adverb - verbbogh 'ej verbbogh noun -<br>
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> > verb - meH'ed noun<br>
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> Constructions as {qeqmeH taj}, {QongmeH Duj}, {narghmeH nab}, etc, are<br>
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> obviously able to come at the end of the sentence, and it is these<br>
> kind of constructions which I was describing by saying {meH'ed noun}.<br>
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I misread the initial "adverb" as "verb", and understood that to be the main verb, with the {verb-meH noun} at the end being a misplaced purpose clause. I take responsibility for, and apologize for, that mistake. However, taking that last bit as the kind of
construction you explained your intent to be, then I don't see a main verb at all. It's not a sentence. If you intended it to be one, then that's the real error. If it was just meant as a prelude to the remainder of a sentence, any reanalysis I might do would
likely fail because of missing context.<br>
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-- ghunchu'wI'</div>
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