tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 22 17:28:38 1997
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RE: KLBC RE: chu`wI'
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC RE: chu`wI'
- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 01:11:12 UT
January 22, 1997 5:23 PM EST, jatlh baS'ugh:
> >January 21, 1997 7:27 AM EST, jatlh Dan Anatol (baS'ugh):
>
> >> poH nI` jIQongpu` `ach DaH jIvemchoH.
>
> my aim was: "i was dormant for a long time, now i've awaken/now i'm awake"
Okay, you were being much more metaphorical than I anticipated.
> >There are a few, subtle, problems here....
>
> >What you're trying to say is "While a long time was occuring." There's a
> >wonderful little verb which you should get to know: {qaS}. Watch this:
> >{qaStaHvIS poH nI', jIQongtaH}. Cool, huh?
>
> toH, choja` (you are telling me?)
If it's a question, add the {-'a'} interrogative suffix: {toH, choja''a'?}
> during the long time - i slept
>
> hmmm - but what i wanted to show was that the sleeping is not 100% over...
> that i'm in the waking process. (where the object is to compare my studying
> of tlhInganHol to waking up - this doesn't happen at once - so i'm not sure
> about using perfective (taH))
>
> >
> >Finally, you said {DaH jIvemchoH}. It's nice to see you using {-choH}, but
> >I'm unsure: were you intending to mean "I am beginning to wake up" (which
is
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> that was the intention----------------------/
Oh, well then you got it right. But realize that {-taH} is not perfective, it
indicates continuation.
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SuStel
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