[87055] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Comparatives
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Tue Nov 24 17:54:37 2009
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:52:39 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
In-reply-to: <a1173fff0911241406m37604b46ua436fd0a56db6fde@mail.gmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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Christopher Doty wrote:
>> The sentence should be {nuqDaq waqwIj vIlamHa'choHmoH}. If the space is
>> in the text, it's an error.
>
> Why is it an error? Why can't it be there?
I just checked the text. There is no space there. It reads what I said
above: nuqDaq waqwIj vIlamHa'choHmoH.
If it *had* been {nuqDaq waqwIj vIlamHa' choHmoH}, it wouldn't make any
sense according to any rules we know. The first part would be something
like "where do I be clean my shoes?" The last word would mean "it makes
it change," and there is no valid connection between these two clauses.
>> In either case, there is no adjectival verb in this sentence.
>
> Why not?
Because there isn't one. An adjectival verb is a verb that modifies a
noun. The only verb in the sentence in the text is "vIlamHa'choHmoH,"
and that's not modifying a noun. If the sentence *did* contain {vIlamHa'
choHmoH} with the space, neither {vIlamHa'} nor {choHmoH} is modifying
any noun, and {choH} isn't even a verb of quality.
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