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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/2/2022 8:24 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">SuStel:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">The head noun of a relative clause must be the subject or object of the clause
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Ok, I think I understand this.
SuStel;
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">and the head noun must be the noun that fits into the main sentence.
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I'm afraid I don't understand this. Can you explain this further? Or
perhaps just write an example?</pre>
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<p>The head noun of the relative clause is the "anchor" that fits
into the main sentence, with the rest of the relative clause
dangling from it.</p>
<p><b>wov wa'Hu' HuDvo' Hov leghpu'bogh HoD<br>
</b><i>The star that the captain saw from the mountain yesterday
was bright.</i><br>
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<p>The relative clause is <b>wa'Hu' HuDvo' Hov leghpu'bogh HoD</b><i>
the star which the captain saw from the mountain yesterday. </i>The
head noun of the relative clause is <b>Hov.</b> If you were to
include this noun in the main sentence without the rest of the
relative clause, the sentence would still work: <b>wov Hov</b> <i>The
star was bright.</i><br>
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<p>The head noun of a relative clause needs to fit into the main
sentence in this way, <i>and</i> the head noun of a relative
clause must be the subject or object of the relative clause.
Therefore, it is not possible to construct a relative clause like
<b>DujDaq jIHaw'pu'bogh</b> <i>ship in which I fled </i>because
the head noun is not subject or object of the main clause, and we
know that <b>Duj</b> is your intended head noun because it is the
noun that fits into the main sentence: <b>Duj vIleghpu'</b><i> I
saw the ship.</i></p>
<p>That's why <i>the ship in which I fled</i> is a no-no in
Klingon.<br>
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