tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 07 08:20:41 1996
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Re: KLBC - subordinate clauses
- From: Susan Farmer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC - subordinate clauses
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 11:20:37 -0500
>From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
>
>Most type 9 verb suffixes are used to let a verb be subordinate to another.
>Here are some examples, using {'oj} "be thirsty" and {tlhutlh} "drink":
>{jI'ojchugh jItlhutlh} "If I am thirsty, I drink."
>{jI'ojDI' jItlhutlh} "As soon as I am thirsty, I drink."
>{jI'ojmo' jItlhutlh} "Because I am thirsty, I drink."
>{jI'ojtaHvIS jItlhutlh} "While I am thirsty, I drink."
>{jI'ojpa' jItlhutlh} "Before I am thirsty, I drink."
>
Ooh, this is wonderful! Sometimes a series of concrete examples with
the same basic phrase /jI'oj. jItlhutlh./ is ever so much more enlightening.
Thanks!
tevram