tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jun 24 18:44:39 1995
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Re: "It was raining hard"
- From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: "It was raining hard"
- Date: Sat, 24 Jun 95 20:43:34 -0700
Jim Boniface wrote:
> ...Simple object-verb-subject sentences I have no problem with.
bIqar wej 'e' chopon. You haven't really demonstrated this.
When I was a {chu'wI'} on this list, I said something similar:
"There isn't much challenge in saying {Hiq SuD}." Except that
what I meant was "The liquor is green" and what I actually said
was "green liquor" -- I had the word order wrong. Later on, I
was consistently using incorrect verb prefixes.
jIDubmeH mu'tlheghmey nap vIchenmoH 'ej ghomvamDaq mu'meywIj vIlI'.
mu'meywIj laD pabpo'pu' latlh je 'ej mulughmoH.
The way I got better was to write (NOT translate) simple sentences
and post my attempts to this list for comment and correction.
> I may be trying to skip the intermediate and jump to advance
> (which I tend to do with alot of stuff)
mu'tlheghmey nap tIlo'taH vIjatlhqa'. QIt Dub po'lIj. yIraDQo'.
Again, I urge you: start simple. STAY simple. You'll get better
at it gradually -- don't force it.
-- ghunchu'wI'