[Tlhingan-hol] KLBC: {-mo'} noun suffix vs. {-mo'} verb suffix

[Robyn Stewart]

> ok, thanks ! So, and in order to be 100% certain I will ask :
> 
> Whenever the -mo' noun suffix migrates to the end of a noun - be verb pair,
> the resulting construction needs to come first in the sentence.
> So far so good. Does the same apply when the rest of the type 5 noun
> suffixes are concerned ? For instance will the constructions {noun - be
> verb}Daq, {noun - be verb}vo', {noun - be verb}vaD need to be placed too at
> the beginning of the sentence ?

It's not necessarily at the beginning of the sentence, but will be at the beginning of the clause. A noun marked with -Daq, -vaD, or -vo' can't be the subject or object of a verb, so it has to go before the OVS.

bIQongtaHvIS Duj ngo'Daq taj vIjejlI'moH. = While you were sleeping, I was sharpening the knives on the old ship.
vavwI' wISuchpa' mIvlIj QIpvo' bo yIteq. = Before we visit my father, remove the feather from your stupid helmet.
Sogh jIb chIplu'DI' be'nI' mIpvaD yIlIH. = As soon as the lieutenant gets her hair trimmed, introduce her to your rich sister.

- Qov