[Tlhingan-hol] Concerning the purpose clauses

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Mon Nov 9 10:00:07 PST 2015


On 11/9/2015 12:27 PM, André Müller wrote:
> Actually {-meH} isn't that complex. Its meaning really is to state
> purpose and it can modify sentences or single nouns. It's position is
> before (or after) the sentence if it modifies a sentence. Or before the
> noun, if it modifies a noun.

Purpose clauses cannot come after the verb they modify, only before. 
Other subordinate clauses (-chugh, -DI', -pa', -mo', -vIS) can come 
before or after.

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