Well, the X [pronoun] Y'e' construction seems somewhat different from the normal object-verb-subject... always explained like "as for Y, it is X." So it didn't seem like that should work. Facial expression and tone would probably be very significant in the "'ach yIH..." scenario. -QISta' On Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 09:52 SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 3/22/2019 11:47 AM, nIqolay Q wrote:
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 8:17 PM Christa Hansberry <chransberry@gmail.com> wrote:
If I wanted to say, for example, "animals which are not tribbles", how would I do it? I don't think *yIHmey bIHbe'bogh Ha'DIbaHmey('e'?)* would be grammatical... but is there a good way to say it?
Why wouldn't it be grammatical? Pronouns-as-copula can take *-be'*: *loD Quch jIHbe'.* They can take *-bogh*: paq'batlh has *ghaHtaHbogh*. *yIHmey bIHbe'bogh Ha'DIbaHmey'e'* seems completely fine to me.
Note that the *-'e'* is not optional here.
Not only is it grammatical, but I don't see any reason not to say it either, if it best expresses what you mean.
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