<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>As I stated, only a Head Noun functions simultaneously with two verbs at once.</div><div><br></div><div>What you really seem to want to say is:</div><div><br></div><div>*puqpu’ boghmoHlI’bogh be’pu’’e’ Qanbogh Qun’e’*</div><div><br></div><div>{be’pu’} is the head noun of {boghmoHlI’bogh} and {Qun} is the Head Noun of {Qanbogh}.</div><div><br></div><div>That’s why the expression you are trying to make is going up in flames. The real significant thing you are trying to express is not the duration of the birth, but the person doing the birthing. You want a larger sentence to contain a reference to the god who is protecting the women who are giving birth.</div><div><br></div><div>That’s nested Relative Clauses, and no, you can’t do that.</div><br><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 15, 2022, at 9:49 AM, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">jIH:</div><div dir="auto">> boghmoHtaHvIS be'pu' Qanbogh Qun'e'</div>SuStel:<div dir="auto">> I suspect you're also imagining the be'pu'</div><div dir="auto">> as both the subject of boghmoHtaHvIS</div><div dir="auto">> and the object of Qanbogh. it can only be</div><div dir="auto">> one, and the other has to be an elided</div><div dir="auto">> chaH.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Yes, that was my intention exactly! But why can't it be both the subject of {boghmoHtaHvIS} and the object of {Qanbogh}? Is there any rule which forbids it?</div><div dir="auto"><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">--<br>Dana'an <br><a href="https://sacredtextsinklingon.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://sacredtextsinklingon.wordpress.com/</a><br>Ζεὺς ἦν, Ζεὺς ἐστίν, Ζεὺς ἔσσεται· ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ</div></div></div>
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