On 7/14/2016 5:40 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
Are the following correct ?
question word {sentence 1 'e' sentence 2} = acceptable if the result is a question, asking about the entire {sentence 1 'e' sentence 2}.
{sentence 1 question word 'e' sentence 2} = acceptable if the result is a question, asking about sentence 2.
question word {sentence 1 neH} = acceptable if the result is a question, asking about the entire {sentence 1 neH}.
{sentence 1 question word neH} = acceptable if the result is a question, asking about the {neH}.
from this entire thread I understand, that there is no problem placing a question word anywhere in a SAO, as long as the resulting construction functions / is to be interpreted as a question.
The problem is that you're asking about things we aren't entirely sure of. I /think/ sentence 1 can be asking a question, provided the answer in place of sentence 1 still makes sense in the complex sentence as a whole. We're also not entirely sure how adverbials and question words work with *neH* sentences. Our sole example, so far as I know, is Captain Klaa saying *reH DIvI' Duj vISuv vIneH*/I've always wanted to fight a federation ship./ Note that he didn't say **DIvI' Duj vISuv vIneH,* and his sentence doesn't mean /I want to always fight federation ships./ It appears that the *reH* either applies to the wanting and migrated in front of sentence 1 (as if sentence 1 actually gets put in the object position itself instead of using *'e'*) or applies to the complex sentence as a whole (meaning something like /I want to fight a Federation ship; this is always true/). We just don't know how this sentence operates, and it's our only example. So the answer to your question, are your statements correct, is "maybe." -- SuStel http://trimboli.name