If you read "meH'ed noun" as representing a "verb with -meH preceding a noun that it is modifying", then the verb before it could represent the main verb of the sentence. In other words, I suspect he meant, what you would have preferred to be written as: adverb - verbbogh 'ej verbbogh noun - verb - verbmeH'ed noun ________________________________ From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> on behalf of Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2021 6:21 PM To: Klingon language email discussion forum <tlhingan-hol@kli.org> Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] {ghIq} {ngugh} and time adverbs with time stamps On Sat, 2021-10-30 at 22:59 +0300, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
jIH:
adverb - verbbogh 'ej verbbogh noun - verb - meH'ed noun
Constructions as {qeqmeH taj}, {QongmeH Duj}, {narghmeH nab}, etc, are obviously able to come at the end of the sentence, and it is these kind of constructions which I was describing by saying {meH'ed noun}.
I misread the initial "adverb" as "verb", and understood that to be the main verb, with the {verb-meH noun} at the end being a misplaced purpose clause. I take responsibility for, and apologize for, that mistake. However, taking that last bit as the kind of construction you explained your intent to be, then I don't see a main verb at all. It's not a sentence. If you intended it to be one, then that's the real error. If it was just meant as a prelude to the remainder of a sentence, any reanalysis I might do would likely fail because of missing context. -- ghunchu'wI'