On 6/18/2020 10:18 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
jIH:
1) jaghpu'na'ma' chaH qama' 'ar'e' ? or 2) jaghpu'na'ma' chaH qama''e' 'ar ? I rethought this matter and decided that unless there is any Ca'Non which suggests otherwise, to be placing the {-'e'} on the noun instead of the question word {'ar}.
So, in the example above I'd finally choose to write {jaghpu'na'ma' chaH qama''e' 'ar ?}.
First of all, there's something which seems wrong with writing {jaghpu'na'ma' chaH qama' 'ar'e' ?}.
And second, the only question words in Ca'Non known to be able to bear type-5 suffixes are the {'Iv} and {nuq}, since they occupy*exactly* the same position as their answer. But (as far as I know), there is nowhere written that the {'ar} functions similarly.
*nuqDaq* also occupies the same location as the answer, but it's said to be a combination of *nuq + -Daq,* so it's already got a type 5 suffix and can't have another. Lacking any instructions whatsoever on the mutual use of *'ar* and type 5 suffixes, I too would not assume the suffix goes on *'ar.* And this isn't limited to translations of "to be" sentences. /How many buildings do you work in? /*qachDaq 'ar bIvum?* But if we do receive word later that the suffix migrates to the *'ar,* I will not be surprised or dismayed. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name