tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Apr 27 22:41:14 1997
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RE: KLBC: Another diary entry
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Another diary entry
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 97 04:46:37 UT
jatlh QI'HoS:
> wejHu' *squash* vIQuj 'ej 'e' mu'oy'moH
> 3 days ago I played squash and because of that, I ache!
pujwI'!
The first part is okay. The second part gets into trouble. You use {'e'},
but you want to say "*because* of that." As far as we know, you cannot add
noun suffixes to the pronoun {'e'}, so *{'e'mo'} is out of the question.
It's not really necessary to have two sentences seperated by {'ej} here. Do
it like this:
wejHu' "squash" vIQujmo' jI'oy'taH.
Because I played squash three days ago, I'm in pain.
I didn't use {mu'oy'moH}, because that means "it makes me ache." What is
"it"? The playing of squash? That was your first sentence. You're not
allowed to do sentence-as-subject!
I also added the aspect suffix {-taH}, because I assume this pain is not a
one-time affair, but is continuously bothering you.
hmmm . . . chay' "squash" Qujlu'? yIQIj. tlhIngan Hol Dalo'laH'a'? chaq
Qatlh . . .
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SuStel
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