On 1/31/2023 12:29 AM, James Landau via tlhIngan-Hol wrote:
So pjrases with *rurbogh* (or any kind of -bogh) need an agreement prefix if it's not just a third-person subject with a third-person direct object? I never thought about that, perhaps because I thought of it more as an adjective (albeit a prepositive adjective rather than the usual postpositive stative verb) rather than as a verb.
A relative clause is just a complete sentence with *-bogh* added to the end of the verb. *nIrur loDpu'*/Men resemble you./ *nIrurbogh loDpu'*/men who resemble you/ The entire relative clause gets used as a noun phrase in another sentence. *jatlhpu' SoSoy nIrurbogh loDpu' vIghombej */Momma said I will certainly meet men who resemble you./ The verb is not prepositive or postpositive; it simply sits between any object and subject as usual. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name