tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 24 21:52:08 1998
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Re: KLBC - Ha'DIbaH pub loDHom
- From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC - Ha'DIbaH pub loDHom
- Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 21:45:01 -0700 (PDT)
---"Michael H. Clawson (toQ pach puqloD)" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Ha'DIbaH pub loDHom
> The boy boiled the meat.
I unintentionally gave you what might be a slight unknown. /pub/
could mean boil, intransitive as in *get* to a certain temperature, or
it could mean it transitively as in 'make boil.' If the former you'd
have to use /pubmoH/ instead of /pub/. Don't worry about it for now.
The sentence order is good.
> puq Qorgh SoS
> A mother cares for a child
maj
> verengan qur
> Ferengi are greedy
Oops. With no object, you accidentally put the subject back in the
object position. This should be /qur verengan/ or /qur verenganpu'/.
> mep poj tej
> A scientist analyzes plastic
maj.
> Ha'DIbaH vIpub
> I boiled the meat
maj. Same possibility on /pubmoH/.
> muQorgh
> They cared for me
>
> bIqur
> You are greedy
>
> lIpoj
> He will analyze you
You got those perfectly.
> SajDaj
> His pet
>
> SajDaj
> Her pet
>
> Ho'wIj
> My tooth
pov.
> ghoplI'
> Your hand
One slip up. Unless the hand is a language-using being (not just a
PART of one) you use /-lIj/. The suffix /-lI'/ is mostly for people.
/be'nI'wI'/ - my sister.
> yInmeymaj
> Our lives
maj.
> here are my original sentences I hope they are correct.
>
> ghopDaj Sop
> He ate her hand
>
> ghoplIj vISopbe'
> I didn't eat your hand
>
> ghopDu'chaj viSopbe'
> I didn't eat their hands
>
> ghopDaj vISop 'ej 'eyqu'
> I ate his hand and it was very good
majQa'. Except for one missed shift on /I/. Looks like you've got
those three concepts, and I see you're using plurals well, too.
Have a look at type-5 noun suffixes, for a challenge. :)
==
Qov - Beginners' Grammarian
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