tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Dec 07 11:48:48 1996
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RE: KLBC:bIpabwI'
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC:bIpabwI'
- Date: Sat, 7 Dec 96 17:08:33 UT
December 06, 1996 4:00 PM, jatlh loDDoq:
> jatlh SuStel,
> o.k,I see my grammer is still QI'yaH'a'!('a' as "strong QI'yaH")
No. {QI'yaH} is an invective, and is only used as an exclamation. It is not
a noun, and cannot take noun suffixes. By the way, it's not a verb either.
> the second line is you are a grammarian(whats wrong with it?should I say
> DapabwI`?)
The word we've been using for "Grammarian" (and I'm still fuzzy about it's
"officialness") is {pabpo'}. Therefore, "You are a Grammarian" is {pabpo'
SoH}. Take a look at TKD section 6.3 to see how I got this.
> the third is "you probobly have difficults and problems.
qay'law' 'ej Qatlhlaw' ghu'lIj.
> the forth is "what kind of problams u have
SoHvaD qay' nuq?
and the fifth is "I use *'a'* as a
> question mark.
You put {-'a'} at the end of a verb to indicate that the sentence is a yes/no
question (see TKD section 6.4)
pIpyuS pach DaSop.
You eat a pipius claw.
pIpyuS pach DaSop'a'?
Do you eat a pipius claw?
But words with question words (who, what, etc.) don't use {-'a'}:
chay' pIpyuS pach DaSop?
How do you eat the pipius claw?
> pab Dayep SoH
> be careful with your grammar.
Actually, you've said "Be careful your grammar." If I were to say this, I'd
use {pab yISaH} "Care about grammar," or {pab DapabDI', yIyep} "When you obey
grammar, be careful."
> jIDo'
> I'm lucky
maj.
> jIDo' 'aDam
> lucky adam
Now you want to use a verb adjectivally. To do this, you take the bare form
of the verb (or add {-qu'} or maybe even {-be'}) and put it after the noun
you're using it on.
Lucky Adam
*'aDam* Do'
> jIH chojup SoH(qoj *SoH chojup jIH*'a'?)
> you are my friend(dont u?)
"Friend" is a NOUN, not a verb. You cannot put verb prefixes on it. Again,
TKD 6.3 helps here, as does the noun suffix {-wI'}:
jupwI' SoH.
You are my friend.
> vItlhaq(qoj *jItlhaq*'a'?)jIH
> I'm funny
Careful! The word is {tlhaQ}, not {tlhaq}! This is important: {tlhaq} means
"chronometer."
Yes, if there is no object, then you need to use the verb prefix which means
"no object." This is {jI-} for the first-person.
jItlhaQ
I am funny.
If you add {-'a'} to the verb, you're making it a question.
jItlhaQ'a'?
Am I funny?
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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