Am 31.08.2017 um 06:11 schrieb De'vID:
I'm not sure what Lieven means by "tool" since a {rojHom} isn't a tool. There are plenty of purpose clauses modifying nouns which aren't tools.
It's maybe not a tool you can grab with your hand, but the point was that in the phrase {ja'chuqmeH rojHom}, the {rojHom} has a purpose. Its "purpose" is to make talking possible. In {DIlmeH Huch} the "purpose" of the money is to pay. In {pe'meH taj} the "purpose" of the knife is to cut. When I say {SuvmeH meq} "reason for fighting", the {meq} is not the "purpose" for fighting. That's what they told me. I'm still in doubt if I'm just misusing this construction, taking it too literally.
Really? I think this is {[Dochvetlh DIlmeH Huch] 'ar DaneH?} and not *{Dochvetlh DIlmeH, Huch 'ar DaneH?}, because in the latter case, I'd expect {Dochvetlh vIDIlmeH, Huch 'ar DaneH?}
Good point. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka Quvar valer 'utlh Grammarian of the KLI http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher http://www.klingonwiki.net