[Tlhingan-hol] Use of {net}
Lieven
levinius at gmx.de
Wed Oct 16 01:11:35 PDT 2013
ja' vay':
> I believe the only example we have of a question being used as an object
> is {nuq Datlhutlh DaneH?}, and here it's important to note that the
> whole two-sentence construction is also a question. "I know you want to
> drink, but what?"
Yes, correctly. I don't know the correct linguistic definition of that,
but it seems that the entire thing is a question. You could replace
{DaneH} with {-qang} to show what I (and you) mean:
nuq Datlhutlhqang - what are you willing to drink?
It's not a "real" Question-As-Object, it does not mean "you want that
what_do_you_drink".
It fits more to the rule that a question word fits the gap of the answer:
{'Iv Dalegh DaneH?}
{Qov vIlegh vIneH.}
Tuesday.
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Lieven L. Litaer
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