tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 09 16:56:46 1997
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Re: KLBC: Trainning the begginers
- From: TPO <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Trainning the begginers
- Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 19:57:09 -0400
>> 6. they were all drunk, the commander fell and broke the engine
>> Hoch chech 'ej pumta' romuluSngan la' 'ej jonta' ghor ghaH
>
>"They were all drunk." Remember what the subject is. {chech Hoch}.
>
>"The commander fell." Although it's not wrong, I don't see any need to add
>{-ta'} to this sentence. You're describing a sequence of events, so keep them
>all in the sequence. {pum romuluSngan la'}.
>
wouldn't the -ta' suffix mean that he intentionally fell?
-pu' would mean that it just happened; it wasn't planned, etc. qar'a'?
DloraH