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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Concerning the {'e'} topic suffix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (qunnoQ HoD)
Wed Nov 4 13:16:43 2015
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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 20:16:20 +0200
From: qunnoQ HoD <mihkoun@gmail.com>
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just by reading these possible translations,I feel as a starship (or bird
of prey) entangled in alternate realities..
On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 8:11 PM, qunnoQ HoD <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
> having just finished studying the pronouns,along with the {'e'} topic
> suffix,I can't help but wonder the following..
>
> lets take these two examples,along with their given translations :
>
> puqpu' chaH qama'pu"e' The prisoners are children.
> pa'DajDaq ghaHtaH la"e' The commander is in his quarters.
>
> As i understood the {'e'} means <<that>> ; so the above translations
> should be
>
> the prisoners that are children (implying that there are prisoners too,who
> aren't children)
> the commander that is in his quarters (implying that there is another
> commander as well,who isn't in his quarters)
>
> alternatively (because i didn't quite understand,to whom the {'e'} is
> supposed to be shoved) the aforementioned translations could be modified
> as..
>
> the children that are prisoners (implying that there are children,who
> aren't prisoners)
> the quarters that have the commander within them (implying that there are
> quarters.that don't have a commander inside)
>
> I'm confused by all these alternate possibilities.. Could someone please
> enlighten me ?
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">just by reading these possible translations,I feel as a st=
arship (or bird of prey) entangled in alternate realities..<br></div><div c=
lass=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at =
8:11 PM, qunnoQ HoD <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:mihkoun@gmail.c=
om" target=3D"_blank">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquot=
e class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc sol=
id;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><d=
iv>having just finished studying the pronouns,along with the {'e'} =
topic suffix,I can't help but wonder the following..<br><br></div>lets =
take these two examples,along with their given translations :<br><br>puqpu&=
#39; chaH qama'pu"e' The prisoners are children.<br>pa'Daj=
Daq ghaHtaH la"e' The commander is in his quarters.<br><br></div>A=
s i understood the {'e'} means <<that>> ; so the above =
translations should be <br><br></div>the prisoners that are children (imply=
ing that there are prisoners too,who aren't children)<br></div>the comm=
ander that is in his quarters (implying that there is another commander as =
well,who isn't in his quarters)<br><br></div>alternatively (because i d=
idn't quite understand,to whom the {'e'} is supposed to be shov=
ed) the aforementioned translations could be modified as..<br><br></div>the=
children that are prisoners (implying that there are children,who aren'=
;t prisoners)<br></div>the quarters that have the commander within them (im=
plying that there are quarters.that don't have a commander inside)<br><=
br></div>I'm confused by all these alternate possibilities.. Could some=
one please enlighten me ?<br></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div>
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