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

[John R. Harness]

I intentionally left out punctuation to show the ambiguity in the examples;
but yes, punctuation and formatting can often make things clear in writing.
In speech emphasis and rhythm are also clarifying. Also wild hand gestures.
AND YELLING.


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On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 11:41 AM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:

> On 3/8/2016 12:13 PM, chransberry at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> SIjwI' chIlmo' ghu, megh vutlaHbe' tey'be'wI'.
>> Because the baby lost the knife, my cousin could not make lunch.
>>
>
> Is the losing a completed event? If it is, you should say {SIjwI'
> chIlpu'mo' ghu} "because the baby lost the knife." Otherwise it's more like
> "because the baby loses the knife," where it's not just a thing that
> happened, but something that tends to happen or might happen. {chIl}
> doesn't express a state.
>
> Compare that with the main clause, wherein the verb {vutlaHbe'} expresses
> a state (inability to cook), so isn't a completed action.
>
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