tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 14 13:28:07 1997
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Re: mu'tlheghmey maSwov
>At 12:05 97-10-13 -0700, maSwov wrote:
>}I am superior. You are boring. - nIvjIH. DaSoH.
>
>Oops. WHat happened here? You need verb prefixes to represent the subjects
>of these sentences, and pronouns are never objects. Try this one again.
jInIv. bIDal
>}You injured my foot. I injured your arms. - qamwI' chorIQ. lI'DesDu qarIQ
>} (i used 'injured me/you', should it be 'injured it/them'?)
>
>Try this one again, now that you know about {-moH} and will put your
>suffixes in the right place.
qamwIj DarIQmoH. rajDes vIrIQmoH.
>}That child looks for his shoes. - Dajwaqmey puqvetlh.
>
>You've left out the verb, "look for" and there's that type 4 suffix on the
>front of the noun again.
waqmeyDaj nej puqvetlh.
>Daj. Interesting. Some really good sentences. Some inconsistencies where
>you seemed to have an idea .. and then you lost it again. laHlIj
>Da'ItlhmoHbejlI'. bIqImnIStaH, qar'a'?
>
>Qov [email protected]
>Beginners' Grammarian
Thanks Qov - I know I need to pay attention to what I'm writing - I get carried
away! Hope these answers are better.
Qapla'
maSwov