11 Nov
2020
11 Nov
'20
9:30 a.m.
On 11/11/2020 9:16 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
1:
QongmeH Duj sleeper ship (ship for the purpose of sleeping)
maj..
'a jIqonchugh {Qonglu'meH Duj}, vaj chay' pIm ? "ship in order that someone unspecified sleeps" 'e' yajnISlu''a' ? But isn't the {QongmeH Duj} unspecified too ?
The question is, why do some purpose clauses appear to be infinitive? The answer is that we don't know. Some have speculated that there is a tendency (not a rule) that purpose clauses attached to nouns are infinitive and those attached to verbs are finite.
2:
"device in order that someone examines himself" jIjatlh vIneH. nuq vIqonnIS ? {nuD'eghmeH jan} {nuD'eghlu'meH jan} ghap ?
Same question, same answer. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name