[Tlhingan-hol] Conjunction, copula, gender

[SuStel]

Another interesting tidbit from paq'batlh:

    DaH mararchuq
       mayIntaHvIS
       wa' Dol bIH qa''e' porgh'e' je

    We are now connected,
       Spirit and body are one,
       Until our time comes.

First, in the {wa' Dol} line, we have the pronoun agreeing with the 
subject but not the object. {wa' Dol} is an {'oH}; {qa''e' porgh'e' je} 
are plural.

Second, we know that a {qa'} is capable of using language, but the 
combination {qa' porgh je} has gotten the pronoun {bIH}, which indicates 
no language ability. A {porgh} is undoubtedly an {'oH}, not a {ghaH}, so 
the conjunction of these two "genders" has led to the less 
language-capable one controlling the pronoun.

-- 
SuStel
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