tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 30 19:08:15 1996
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RE: KLBC: Another prefix problem
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Another prefix problem
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 96 03:03:10 UT
jatlh Tremal-Naik:
> If I say:
> "I go to my room"
> How could translate it?
>
> "pa'wIjDaQ jIjaH" (at my room I go)
> or
> "pa'wIjDaQ vIjaH" (at my room I go to it)?
Careful of your spelling. The Type 5 noun suffix you are trying to use is
spelled {-Daq}, with a lower-case {q}. {DaQ} means "ponytail"!
{-Daq} isn't only translated as "at." It can be "in," "to," "on," or whatever
else is appropriate to the situation; any spacial indication. That's the "to"
in "to my room." You already know "I go," {jIjaH}, now just add the rest:
pa'wIjDaq jIjaH
I go to my room.
Best not fiddle with trying to use {jaH} with an object just yet. It's a
controversial issue, and may be incorrect.
> Could somone show me some examples with jI- and vI- prefixes with some
> explanations? On the TKD I see only examples with third person
> subject/object (prefix 0) and so I don't understand very well...
Sure!
quSwIjDaq jIba'.
I sit on my chair.
(There is no object for "I sit." But there is a location.)
juHDajDaq puq vIlegh.
I see the child in his home.
(The {juHDajDaq} simply sets the location of the sentence. {puq vIlegh} is "I
see the child." {juHDajDaq puq vIlegh} is "I see the child in his home."
> How could I say:
> "Go to sleep"? It's right "Qong bIjaH"? Which prefix can I put with Qong?
When you say the "go" in "Go to sleep," you don't really mean "go somewhere."
You mean, "Start sleeping," or even just "Sleep!" {yIQong!}
> Thanks a lot!!
qay'be'!
SuStel
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