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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/25/2022 8:18 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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cite="mid:CAP7F2cJZhePOaQeQ8m9q2YnDHD3R8DL1tQEG2LatooNnEb_1YQ@mail.gmail.com">Let's
remember the Ca'Non example:<br>
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<div dir="auto">HaqwI''e' DaH yISam</div>
<div dir="auto">Find the SURGEON now! (TKD)</div>
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<div>And now let's forget it.</div>
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<div>I want to say "locate even the humans". So I write:</div>
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<div>Human'e' vabDot tISam<br>
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<div>Can this mean too "locate even the humans"? Or is the only
possible interpretation "even locate the humans"?</div>
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<p>Adverbials typically apply their meaning to entire clauses, not
just a noun or a verb in a clause. <b>vabDot</b> means that the
clause it's attached to is additional information that is
surprising or counterintuitive. <b>vabDot Human tISam</b> means:
locate the humans; this order may be surprising or
counterintuitive. <b>Human'e' vabDot tISam</b> means: locate the
humans, as opposed to someone else; this order may be surprising
or counterintuitive.</p>
<p>So if you can describe in full detail what the difference between
<i>locate even the humans</i> and <i>even locate the humans</i>
is, then you can determine whether the Klingon means either or
both of those.<br>
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