[Tlhingan-hol] Ca'non pIn'a' QaHlIj vIneH !

[mayql qunenoS]

ok, SuStel !

thank you very much for taking the time to answer.

cpt qunnoq
DaH DIHIvbe'chugh vaj qo'chajDaq toy'wI''a'pu' DImoj

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 4:27 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> On 2/6/2016 6:07 AM, mayql qunenoS wrote:
>>
>> Could you please post any canon sentences, which utilize
>> simultaneously an adverb and a type 5 suffixed noun, so as to settle
>> this confusion and put my mind at ease ?
>
>
> I can't think of an example that unambiguously answers your question. We do
> have something close, however:
>
>    HaqwI''e' DaH yISam
>    find the SURGEON now! (TKD Addendum §6.7)
>
> Here we are told that the object noun has been topicalized, so is this an
> instance of special grammar, or is it an instance of using existing grammar
> to produce a grammatical effect (and to explain a line in Star Trek VI)?
>
> After all, this can simply be interpreted as:
>
>    HaqwI''e' DaH [ghaH] yISam
>    as for the surgeon, find him now!
>
> This section exists in the addendum in part because of a line uttered by
> Gorkon in Star Trek VI (whose pronunciation I will be generous to):
>
>    chang'e' DaH Sam
>    Find Chang now!
>
> Given these examples, I must conclude that we have good, but still
> inconclusive, evidence that <syntactic noun> <adverbial> <OVS> is an
> acceptable sentence order. We don't know that other orders aren't
> acceptable, and searching for this kind of thing among canon isn't easy
> unless you already know where to find it. If anyone knows of an example I
> haven't thought of, please post it.
>
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