[Tlhingan-hol] 'e'mo'

Felix Malmenbeck felixm at kth.se
Sun May 20 09:24:44 PDT 2012


I've done it, but I doubt it's actually correct; {'e'} is always an object, after all.

> Because when I'm speaking, I sometimes finish saying something before I realise I wanted to
> make it the first part of a longer sentence, and I don't want to start over.

What about {vaj}?
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From: De'vID jonpIn [de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 16:38
To: tlhIngan-Hol at kli.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] 'e'mo'

QeS 'utlh:
> "They ['e' and net] are always treated as the object of the verb, and the
> verb always takes a prefix indicating a third-person singular object."

Ah, that settles it.

QeS 'utlh:
> So since {'e'} and {net} require verbal agreement, that basically ties
> them to the direct object position. So no, I doubt that {'e'} can take
> suffixes. Was there a particular reason you were wondering?

Because when I'm speaking, I sometimes finish saying something before I realise I wanted to make it the first part of a longer sentence, and I don't want to start over.

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De'vID




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