tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 16 11:16:07 1997
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Re: KLBC Challenge: similar suffixes
- From: "Robyn Stewart" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC Challenge: similar suffixes
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 11:16:29 PST
- Organization: NLK Consultants, Inc.
- Priority: normal
Marc Ruehlaender wrote:
> i) -wI': 'avwI'wI' ghach. S/He is my guard.
Writing without a net here? {ghaH} not {*ghach}. Good to see you
are working on memorizing and not looking everything up.
> ii) -lI': yuQma' ghoSlI' DujlI'. Your ship proceeds towards our
> planet.
Unless the ship is like the intelligent talking car Kitt in the TV
show Knight Rider, you would use {-lIj} to say "your." Same think
with {-ma'}. A planet should take {-maj} for "our." Take another
look at the type 4 noun suffix section, 3.3.4, I think.
> iii) -mo': qoH DaDamo', ghaHmo' bIQeHchoH. Because you are a fool,
> you get angry at him.
maj. majQa'. QaQ mu'tlhegh.
iv) -pu': Heghpu' SuvwI'pu'. The warriors have died.
maj.
v) -'a': veng'a' Dalegh'a'? Have you seen The City?
majQa'. I'm fairly impressed. Everyone is remembering to use the
grammar they alrady know to make correct sentences and not just
throwing suffixes around.
- Qov