tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 24 15:03:41 1997
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RE: KLBC: Practicing...
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Practicing...
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 97 13:38:01 UT
jatlh mIqIraH:
> neH tlhIngan Hol vIqeqlI'.
When you're using {neH} to trivilialize an action, to say I'm *just* or
*merely* doing something, you must put {neH} *after* the verb. Also, if
you're using it with a noun to mean *only* that noun, you put it after the
noun.
tlhIngan Hol vIqeqlI' neH
> pIyu'meH qeqvaD joq "KLBC" vIlo'laH,
> qar'a'?
Don't separate verbs and nouns with noun conjunctions (or verb conjunctions).
Find a way to say this with both verbs or both nouns. Fortunately, {qeq} is
both a verb and a noun.
Also, make the subject of the first part of the sentence agree with the second
part, or the other way round.
pIyu'meH qoj maqeqmeH "KLBC" wIlo'laH, qar'a'?
> qeqvaD "KLBC" lulo'be'law' ghotpu'.
I think this is the wrong kind of "for." What you mean is, "People don't
seems to use KLBC in order to practice."
qeqmeH "KLBC" lulo'be'law' ghotpu'.
> neH mu'tlheghHommey
> lughItlh.
Careful! If the object is plural, you won't be using the {lu-} prefix!
Same {neH} problem. You could do one of two things:
mu'tlheghHommey neH ghItlh.
They write only little short sentences.
mu'tlheghHommey ghItlh neH.
They merely write little short sentences.
> mu'tlhegh ghom tIq vIghItlh vIneH.
majQa'!
> jIQaghbe' vItul.
One usually errs in the sentences saying they hope they did not err. This is
a sentence-as-object, and it needs an {'e'} (see TKD 6.2.5):
jIQaghbe' 'e' vItul.
> DalaDlaH vIneH!
vIlaDlaHchu'!
bIlugh.
motlh mu'tlheghHommey neH ghItlh taghwI'pu'.
Do'Ha'.
bIqeqtaH 'e' yImevQo'!
"KLBC" Dayajchu'.
tlhIngan Hol laHlIj DaDubba'lI'!
> P.S. How does one go about setting the list back to normal mode after
> its been set to digest?
I don't know. It looks like the subscribe message doesn't say.
Unfortunately, I don't know anything about the inner workings of the list.
Holtej?
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