tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 22 14:14:09 1997
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KLBC RE: chu`wI'
- From: "baS'ugh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC RE: chu`wI'
- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 13:44:51 -0200
>January 21, 1997 7:27 AM EST, jatlh Dan Anatol (baS'ugh):
>> poH nI` jIQongpu` `ach DaH jIvemchoH.
my aim was: "i was dormant for a long time, now i've awaken/now i'm awake"
>
>There are a few, subtle, problems here....
>What you're trying to say is "While a long time was occuring." There's a
>wonderful little verb which you should get to know: {qaS}. Watch this:
>{qaStaHvIS poH nI', jIQongtaH}. Cool, huh?
toH, choja` (you are telling me?)
during the long time - i slept
hmmm - but what i wanted to show was that the sleeping is not 100% over...
that i'm in the waking process. (where the object is to compare my studying
of tlhInganHol to waking up - this doesn't happen at once - so i'm not sure
about using perfective (taH))
>
>Finally, you said {DaH jIvemchoH}. It's nice to see you using {-choH}, but
>I'm unsure: were you intending to mean "I am beginning to wake up" (which is
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
that was the intention----------------------/
>
>SuStel
>Beginners' Grammarian
>Stardate 97059.4
baS'ugh