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Note that when they apply to only one word and not the entire clause they follow that word instead of being in the usual slot for adverbials at the head of the clause.
True. I was wondering though about what happens in the case of adverbs which follow object nouns which have been topicalized by the {-'e'}. And I was wondering because of the following which was said on Discord: ***** Discord excerpt starts ***** SuStel: Found one. lujang maS'e' loQ So'be'bogh QIb lurur They reply, shaped as the crescent moon. (paq'batlh) Ignore the lujang; that's the verb of speech. maS'e' loQ So'be'bogh QIb lurur means They resemble the moon which shadow slightly doesn't hide. ghunchu'wI': That's a very good example. Topicalizing the object maS and placing it before the adverbial loQ avoids/resolves the potential ambiguity of whether or not the adverbial applies to the main verb rur. ***** Discord excerpt ends ***** The comment of ghunchu'wI' messed me up.. So I started wondering what happens in the case of adverbs which follow object nouns which have been topicalized by the {-'e'}. How does the "what applies to what" change in such cases? I started to wonder, which in turn led to this thread. -- Dana'an https://sacredtextsinklingon.wordpress.com/ Ζεὺς ἦν, Ζεὺς ἐστίν, Ζεὺς ἔσσεται· ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ