On 3/22/2019 11:47 AM, nIqolay Q wrote:
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 8:17 PM Christa Hansberry <chransberry@gmail.com <mailto:chransberry@gmail.com>> wrote:
If I wanted to say, for example, "animals which are not tribbles", how would I do it? I don't think *yIHmey bIHbe'bogh Ha'DIbaHmey('e'?)* would be grammatical... but is there a good way to say it?
Why wouldn't it be grammatical? Pronouns-as-copula can take *-be'*: *loD Quch jIHbe'/./* They can take *-bogh*: paq'batlh has *ghaHtaHbogh*. *yIHmey bIHbe'bogh Ha'DIbaHmey'e'* seems completely fine to me.
Note that the *-'e'* is not optional here. Not only is it grammatical, but I don't see any reason not to say it either, if it best expresses what you mean. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name