[1129] in tlhIngan-Hol
Relative Clauses and suffixes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Jun 30 15:59:03 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: (Mark E. Shoulson) <shoulson@ctr.columbia.edu>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 93 14:12:54 -0400
In-Reply-To: Randall Holmes's message of Tue, 29 Jun 93 18:40:17 -0600 <9306300
040.AA08247@ima.ima.isc.com>
>From: Randall Holmes <holmes@diamond.idbsu.edu>
>Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 18:40:17 -0600
>Content-Length: 222
>If a noun is followed by a relative clause, does a type 5 suffix
>then attach to the main noun or to the end of the clause?
>Is it
>ghaH vIqIpboghvaD
>or
>ghaHvaD vIqIpbogh
>for
>for the sake of he/she/it that I hit?
"-vaD" is a noun-suffix. "qIp" is a verb, even when it's got "-bogh"
attached to it. So the "-vaD" has to attach to the noun (puqvaD vIqIpbogh,
for the child whom I hit).
~mark
