On 9/9/2019 9:30 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
If a noun has the {-'e'}, when is it to be translated as "as for the (go figure)", and when is it to be translated as "GO FIGURE" ?
Okrand is inconsistent with these sorts of things; he doesn't always translate topic the same way, and he doesn't always translate focus the same way. In general these are examples of topic and focus, respectively. But it's not like the standard English method of giving focus is to put the words in all-caps. Topic and focus are somewhat interchangeable at times. *-'e'* is always a topic when it's on the final noun in a "to be" sentence and when it's on a noun that is not a subject or object of the verb. It's usually focus or emphasis when it's on a subject or object. Basically, topic is a word that describes the overall thing you're talking about. Focus or emphasis draws your attention to a specific word. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name