[Tlhingan-hol] Zero prefix at a verb, when this verb comes before a pronoun

De'vID de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com
Thu Nov 19 07:04:00 PST 2015


On 19 November 2015 at 15:58, qunnoQ HoD <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> In TKD p.29 the following sentences/translations are written :
>
> lujpu' jIH'e'  (It is *I* who have failed)
> lujpu' jIH  (I have failed)
>
> Before noticing this,I would expect these sentences to be written :
>
> jIlujpu' jIH'e'
> jIlujpu' jIH
>
> So,I guess that according to canon grammar,a verb existing before a pronoun
> takes the zero prefix.
>
> Is this rule,being mentioned anywhere else in Canon,or is it shown only in
> these examples of TKD ?

This is widely considered to be an error in TKD.

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De'vID



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