Am 13.07.2016 um 18:16 schrieb Alan Anderson:
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 12:04 PM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
lieven:
ghorgh [bItlhutlh DaneH] (a question word in front of a SAO) and not [ghorgh bItlhutlh] DaneH (a Question as object)
I disagree with Lieven's grouping.
I like that, as I may be wrong. The problem is that I'm not a linuist and I lack the correct words. Maybe I have a mindtwist and say differently from what I think. After all, there will be no difference in the final phrase... This is how I see the phrases in my head: "you want to drink" - {bItlhutlh DaneH}. That's a statement. "you drink" is the object of {DaneH}. All fine. Now I change the entire thing to a question adding a question word: WHEN do you want to drink ("please state the time of your desired drinking event"). In this construction, I see it not as the object of the wanting. Another approach: TKD tell us the word 'e' can be translated as "that". When I read {nuq Datlhutlh} as the object of {DaneH}, I should translate it literally as "You want that what do you drink". This is why I do not see it as the object. But maybe I am on the wrong track - and it wouldn't matter anyway as we know that THIS construction is allowed. Question words used as relative pronouns seems to be not allowed as far as I remember. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka Quvar valer 'utlh Grammarian of the KLI http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher http://www.klingonwiki.net