On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 3:21 PM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 10/29/2017 2:01 PM, nIqolay Q wrote:
Since the *-Daq* is optional with verbs of motion like that, you can sidestep the problem entirely and just use the suffix that we know works here: *pa''e' nom yIjaH!*
The point of shifting the noun with *-'e'* is to reflect its grammatical emphasis by making it the first word you say. A locative noun is not a topic noun, so putting it first does not reflect its grammatical role.
Do what the book says here; don't invent new rules.
I'm not sure what new rule you think I've invented. Take a sentence like *pa' vIjaH*. Is *pa'* not the direct object of the motion verb? If it's the object, why can't it be topicalized and moved before an adverbial? If you wanted to emphasize *pa'* (as opposed to some other destination), why couldn't you put *-'e'* on it? The point of the question, as I read it, was what to do if you want to make the locative noun also the topic noun.