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→nä with noun phrases: fix subordination-ending commas
(→nä with noun phrases: consequence of tenses) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit |
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Imagine you’ve got a hefty noun phrase like <i>that one hammer my great-grandfather passed down to me</i> and you’d like to use it in a sentence. You really don’t want to put the enormous noun phrase in the middle of the sentence, like | Imagine you’ve got a hefty noun phrase like <i>that one hammer my great-grandfather passed down to me</i> and you’d like to use it in a sentence. You really don’t want to put the enormous noun phrase in the middle of the sentence, like | ||
<blockquote><poem> | <blockquote><poem> | ||
{{t|Choq jí {{orange|ké ujoq, ꝡë toeq do páopaopao jí hóa}} râo púchaq zûo, ꝡä tua poaq jí báq seoqkası da}} | {{t|Choq jí {{orange|ké ujoq, ꝡë toeq do páopaopao jí hóa,}} râo púchaq zûo, ꝡä tua poaq jí báq seoqkası da}} | ||
<i>I used {{orange|that one hammer my great-grandfather had passed down to me}} yesterday to crack some walnuts open.</i> | <i>I used {{orange|that one hammer my great-grandfather had passed down to me}} yesterday to crack some walnuts open.</i> | ||
</poem></blockquote> | </poem></blockquote> | ||
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So why not move the noun phrase to the front? {{t|nä}} does just that: | So why not move the noun phrase to the front? {{t|nä}} does just that: | ||
<blockquote><poem> | <blockquote><poem> | ||
{{t|<u>{{green|Ké ujoq, ꝡë toeq do páopaopao jí hóa}} nä</u> choq jí {{green|hóa}} râo púchaq zûo, ꝡä tua poaq jí báq seoqkası da}} | {{t|<u>{{green|Ké ujoq, ꝡë toeq do páopaopao jí hóa,}} nä</u> choq jí {{green|hóa}} râo púchaq zûo, ꝡä tua poaq jí báq seoqkası da}} | ||
<i>{{green|That one hammer my great-grandfather had passed down to me}}, I used {{green|it}} yesterday to crack some walnuts open.</i> | <i>{{green|That one hammer my great-grandfather had passed down to me}}, I used {{green|it}} yesterday to crack some walnuts open.</i> | ||
</poem></blockquote> | </poem></blockquote> | ||