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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] difference between -meH and -wI' in
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven)
Thu Jun 1 12:16:56 2017
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From: Lieven <levinius@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 18:16:50 +0200
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Am 01.06.2017 um 18:02 schrieb SuStel:
> In your subject, you call these things "purpose-clause compound nouns."
> Strictly speaking, none of these are compound nouns, which in TKD are
> individual words consisting of multiple nouns. All of your examples may
> be described as noun phrases, but you can't get more specific when
> describing all of them. They break down into purpose clauses and
> genitive phrases.
Thanks for clarifying.
> I also think you wouldn't be particularly wrong if you said *chevmeH
> tlhoy'* instead of *chevwI' tlhoy',* for example. It would be like the
> difference between /border wall/ and /wall of the border:/ one is said
> and the other isn't, but the other is still perfectly understandable.
But on the other hand, {pe'wI' taj} sounds strange, doesn't it?
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Lieven L. Litaer
aka Quvar valer 'utlh
Grammarian of the KLI
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