[Tlhingan-hol] Dante qul'a'

[David Trimboli]

On 4/26/2013 7:17 AM, De'vID wrote:
>>> Voragh:
>>>> If you look at the examples you'll see that {ngIq} is always first word
>>>> in the clause, i.e. in the adverbial position:
>
> De'vID:
>>> I thought it was an adverbial too, until 'ISqu' and others corrected
>>> me, who had apparently heard from Okrand himself that it's a noun at
>>> the qep'a' where they did the proofreading. The fact that it's the
>>> first word in every example we have seems to be only a coincidence.
>
> SuStel:
>> It's the first word because time stamps go at the beginning of a sentence.
>> It works just like any other time stamp noun, e.g., DaHjaj.
>
> I'm not sure how {ngIq} ("each one"?) works as a "time stamp"? Perhaps
> you are thinking of {ghIq} (which is an adverbial)?

Sorry, too early in the morning; brain wasn't working.

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