tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 01 00:21:51 1997
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Re: KLBC :juHmaj
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC :juHmaj
- Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 00:21:32 -0700
At 17:03 97-09-30 -0700, jeyD wrote:
}> usually do, is say something like: {maja'chuqtaHvIS tlhInganpu'
}> DIqel}
}
}DIqel? I could not find the translation.
DI- + qel
We consider them.
}> pov lutlIj.
}
}lutwij teH. shouldn't you have put <lutlIj pov>? I though my story would
be the object of pov.
{pov} is "be excellent." The subject of the verb is the thing that is
excellent. There isn't any object of such a verb: it's a stative verb,
describing a state or condition.
pov lutlIj - your story is excellent.
teH lutwIj - my story is true
The subject is the thing that does or is the verb.
The object is the thing that gets the verb done to it.
}lutwIj qangeHDI', lutwIjDaq 'maj' vIlegh vIneH.
}lutwIj DacheghDI', jIH ghIjlaw'.
}bIghItlhqu'chugh, jIH ghIjchu'.
{ghIj} means "scare" not "scared." To say "I was scared" you could use the
type-5 verb suffix {-lu'}. {vIghIjlu'}. Read section 4.2.5 to see how that
works.
To say "it scared me" you need to use the verb prefix for a first person
singular object of a third person subject. {mughIjlaw'} - it seemed to scare me
Also consider the verb {bIt}.
ghItlh'a'wIj yIHajQo'. pab vIQIjmeH 'eb vItu'DI' vIjon. Dajchugh QIn jIjangqu'.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian