On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 6:24 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
to continue on something which I asked yesterday..
we said that we can't have {'Iv} and {nuq} as part of noun-noun
We can't? I thought {nuq} and {'Iv} just go into whatever noun spot contains the missing information. Where is the rule that they can't be part of a noun-noun construction, I must have missed it? I would have expected the following to be grammatical: {tIn 'Iv Duj} - Who's ship is big? {Hab SoSwI' nuq} - My mother's what is smooth?
constructions. but can we have the {ghorgh} and {nuqDaq} existing next to nouns ?
for example can we say:
{ghorgh DaSjaj mamej} when do we depart on monday ?
{DaSjaj ghorgh mamej} on monday when do we depart
I would put {ghorgh} first (same with {chay'} and {qatlh}), so the listener knows right away that it's a question, although as with a lot of the chuvmey, they just "occur at the beginning of the sentence", and the specific order is down to personal preference most of the time.
{nuqDaq tera'Daq mIl'oDmey tu'lu'} where on earth someone finds bears ?
{tera'Daq nuqDaq mIl'oDmey tu'lu'} on earth where someone finds bears ?
Since {nuqDaq} is a locative phrase just like {tera'Daq}, they can go either way around, although I'd put it in the spot where's I'd expect the answer to be: tera'Daq nuqDaq mIl'oDmey tu'lu'? tera'Daq HuDaq mIl'oDmey tu'lu'. qurgh