/I see only a cat and the chancellor/ *vIghro' Qang je neH vIlegh* *vIghro neH Qang neH je vIlegh* On 11/11/2019 9:06 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
lieven:
I think the second is a bit contradictory,
from a logical point of view.
Yes, you're right. I noticed that too, while writing the initial message.
But other than that, does this matter come down to just personal preference ?
No, I think Lieven has it right. The second sentence not only makes no sense, it doesn't say what you want it to say. It's not a matter of preference. You want to say that you see a cat, the chancellor, and nothing else. You construct the noun phrase *vIghro' Qang je*/cat and chancellor,/ then you modify that to say that that's all you saw: *vIghro' Qang je neH*/only the cat and the chancellor./ -- SuStel http://trimboli.name