[Tlhingan-hol] KLBC: third-person subject of relative phrase

De'vID de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com
Tue Mar 8 05:38:18 PST 2016


'arHa:
>> yuch parmo' SoSwI' vIje'pu'be'.
>> Because my mother does not like chocolate, I did not buy it.
>> -- Or, am I buying my mother?
>>
>> Context will guide you to the correct interpretation. These
>> can be ambiguous sometimes!

DloraH:
> If the ambiguity can cause serious misunderstanding, then just add a comma.
> yuch parmo' SoSwI', vIje'pu'be'.

Even with the comma, it's still ambiguous. Did you not buy chocolate,
or not feed your mother?

-- 
De'vID



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