Re: Positioning for emphasis

Geoff Horswood wrote:
> Kazakh is SOV (unless you're writing poetry, when it
> may bend for the sake of rhythm).  It uses an emphatic
> particle positioned after the main verb (ghoi/qoi)
>
> It has several of these particles, actually: a
> question-marker (ma/me/ba/be/pa/pe) and one expressing
> less-direct evidentiality as well (eken).
>
> Geoff
>
>
But are these really particles or in fact suffixes on the verb?  After
hearing people speaking for a while, I was very surprised to see that
they write a space between them, as 1) they change to match the vowel
harmony / consonant type of the verb, and 2) no words ever come between
the two.  But take my advice with a grain of salt, as honestly, men
qazaqsha so:ylemeymin.

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