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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] 'e'mo'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI')
Sun May 20 18:19:34 2012
From: ghunchu'wI' <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmPHPwMPDvfbEjPp2ziro6oQaNo1E8BeBS-EdeSD3=dbww@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 18:19:48 -0400
To: tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On May 20, 2012, at 10:24 AM, "De'vID jonpIn" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
> ghunchu'wI':
>> Why not just put the suffix on the verb and not use {'e'} at all?
>
> If I was writing and could revise my sentence, that's what I would do.
> This came up because I wanted to say something, and I'd already said
> the first sentence, paused, and then I realised I wanted to add {-mo'}
> to the first verb and continue with a second part. I wondered if I
> could've salvaged the situation by continuing {'e'mo'...}
Same question: why not put {-mo'} on the verb? If, for example, you had said {paqwIj tlhappu' jIlwI'}, you could then finish the thought with {tlhapmo' vIlaDlaHbe'} instead of a pseudogrammatical {'e'mo'}.
-- ghunchu'wI'
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