Awesome. I'd assumed {naDev} was functioning purely like an adverb, and blinded myself to any other possibility apparently :/ Thanks. On Saturday, December 17, 2016, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
On 17 December 2016 at 07:01, Brian Cote <wearetheinformation00@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
povvam <paq'batlh>Daq mu'tlheghvam 'IH vItu':
"DaH naDev jIHtaHbogh meq Saja'." /Now I will tell you why I am here./
toH, jaj naQ vIqeltaH, 'ej DaH jIghel vIneH.
'ach wa'DIch vIQIj:
"jIHtaH meq" 'oHbe'chu' mu'tlhegh lugh, 'ej "naDev jIHtaH" 'oHbej mu'tlhegh lugh, 'ach "naDev jIHtaHbogh" 'oHlaH'a' /adverb/ lugh? lughnIS, qar'a'?
You're parsing this sentence incorrectly.
{naDev} is a noun. {naDev jIHtaHbogh} is a noun. {naDev jIHtaHbogh meq} is a noun-noun construction.
Also, think about what it would mean if {naDev} were an adverbial instead of a noun. The sentence would mean *"Now, here (in this present location), I will tell you my reason for being."
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