tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 30 20:25:19 1997
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Re: KLBC: The first time, Grammar check
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: The first time, Grammar check
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 97 02:40:34 UT
[email protected] on behalf of peHruS wrote:
> {jIlengDI'} tam {jIlengpa'} 'e' vImaS jIH je
Careful. {tam} is a funny word. What does the exchanging? What is
exchanged? The way you have used it, you seem to think that one word
"exchanges" another.
Personally, I see the exchanger as the subject of this sentence, and the
things exchanged as the objects.
<jIlengDI'> <jIlengpa'> je vItam
I exchange {jIlengpa'} and {jIlengDI'}.
(I'm hesitant about this method, too. Perhaps one exchanges only one object,
and the exchange is done for the benefit of another object -- using {-vaD}.)
Also, you've used {'e' vImaS jIH je}. When used as "also," the {je} comes
after the verb, not the subject. This should probably be {'e' vImaS je jIH}.
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