tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 30 07:19:31 1997

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Re: KLBC:suffixes



On Mon, 29 Dec 1997 18:38:18 -0800 (PST) chas 
<[email protected]> wrote:

>         vInIDqa'...
> 
> >> SoH DuyepHa''a' QeH'a'li'?
> >>         Does your wrath make you careless?
>    SoH DuyepHa''a'mo' QeH'a'lIj?        

Think {-moH}, not {-mo'}.
 
> >> may' lu'Suvpu' neghpu'
> >>         The soldiers have fought the battle.
>    may' Suvpu' negh

majQa'! bItaHmo' jIbel.
 
> >> QongwI' yabwI'
> >>         My brain is sleeping.
>    Qong yabwI'

maj.
 
> >> chaH nuchmo' vImuSmo'
> >>         Since he is a coward, I hate him.
>    ghaH nuchmo' vImuS
 
This one is easy to get confused about. We say {tlhIngan maH}. 
We don't say {maH tlhIngan}. So, you don't say {ghaH nuchmo'}. 
And before you make a wild stab at it, consider which word 
deserves {-mo'}. You want to say, "because he is a coward, I 
hate him." You don't want to say "Because of a coward, I hate 
him."

Keep on plugging. It will come to you.
 
>         chasm
> 

charhgwI'




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