[88618] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: mu'tlheghvam yIlughmoH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Jan 7 14:03:04 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 12:55:47 -0600
In-Reply-To: <149DE7E0-7C4A-4571-8820-433C32A9905F@gmail.com>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Voragh:
>> chay' van bomvam? wej 'e' vISov.
>> How does this song end? I don't know [that] yet.
lojmIt tI'wI'nuv
> Are there any canon examples of a question as object as you propose
> here? Typically, {'e'} represents a sentence, not the answer or
> response to a sentence, which is what you are suggesting.
Actually, this wasn't the dreaded question-as-object (QAO). That would be (correcting my earlier mis-use of {van}):
* wej chay' bomvam luvan 'e' vISov.
I don't know how they end this song yet.
It's actually two separate sentences.
chay' bomvam luvan? wej 'e' vISov.
How do they end this song? I don't know that yet.
And yes, I know it's a fine distinction - especially in speech - but the pronoun {'e'} "that (previous topic)" can be used this way, just like any other pronoun. E.g.
'e' luSov
They know that. TKD
'e' vIlegh
I see that. TKD
'e' neHbe' vavwI'.
That wasn't what my father wanted. ST6
'e' bop.
That's what it's all about.
(Qanqor at qep'a' 2005; usage approved by Okrand)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
