Re : Re: A question about connecting sentences
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 28, 1999, 17:15 |
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Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 28/09/99 17:22:36 , Pablo a=E9crit :
> Matt Pearson <jmpearson@...> wrote:
> =20
> > Tokana forms embedded clauses by adding a suffix to the verb called the
> > "dependent" suffix (Dep). Compare:
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> > eta-kia mok-e
> > go-2p home-Dat
> > "you go home"
> >
> > eta-n-kia mok-e
> > go-Dep-2p home-Dat
> > "that you go home"
> =20
> That's absolutely great! Really simple, yet I hadn't seen that
> or thought about it, ever... Though it reminds me of Japanese
> use of _koto_ (I'm not sure about this; can anybody explain?)
> =20
Matt uses a nice different word order :
verb-substantivizer-arguments
could anyone (Christophe ?) compare it to basque subclause ?
as you know japanese goes like :
itte kureru
you go
itte kureru koto
you go fact
"the fact that you go"
but usually shorter "no" is used - except in
specific instances where koto is prefered because
uh... because... let me see... why that again ?
itte kureru koto ga mieru
i can see that you go
("the fact that you go is visible")
itte kureru no wa mieru
i can see that you go
("that you go is visible")
as a me-too-yet-only-me example :
tata puse e tutu tumi.
i see the_fact_that you go.
("e" > refers to clause subsequent >>>)
tutu tumi wa tata puse o.
you go which_fact i see it.
("o" < refers back to clause precedent <<<)
mathias