[86970] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Use of -'e' (was Re: The topic marker -'e')
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tracy Canfield)
Mon Nov 23 11:02:08 2009
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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:57:04 -0500
From: Tracy Canfield <toastrix@gmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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2009/11/23 Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net>:
> I don't think it's proper to speak of "subject" or "object" with equational sentences, since they're not really verbal. I've always thought of the right-hand term as a sort of focus: {HoD ghaH yaS'e'} = 'He is the captain, that officer'.
>
It's worth noting that the left-hand term may have focus, though I
suspect this is only when there's no right-hand noun that already has
it.
DaHjaj SuvwI''e' jIH (TKW)
Today I am a warrior
