tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 24 22:00:43 1999
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RE: KLBC: jIjat
- From: "Eric Andeen" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: jIjat
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 22:58:38 -0700
- Importance: Normal
jatlh netlh:
> vaghHu' vay' vItu'
> pIj tlhIngan Hol pab vIlo' DIvI' Hol mu'tlhegh vIchenmoHDI'
I think that in this sentence you want <-vIS> instead of <-DI'>. Look at the
first definition given for <-DI'>: "as soon as". So a sentence of the form
<X-DI', Y> really means that first X happens, and then Y happens, which is
not what you want.
The problem is in the vagueness of the English "when", which sometimes means
"when", and sometimes really means "while".
> motlh mu'tlheghvam vImughlaH
> jIghojlaw'taH
maj. And good suffix order - there is often a strong temptation to put the
type 7 suffix before the type 6. If you resisted the temptation, good. If it
never even occurred to you, even better.
> <MUSH>Daq DajeS tlhIH 'e' vItIv
The prefix on <jeS> should agree with the object: <bo->. And since <jeS> is
almost certainly a verb that cannot take an object (how do you "participate
something"), it really should be <Su->
> pIj <MUSH>Daq vIjeS
Same comment about the prefix: <jIjeS>.
> cha'logh tlhIngan Hol mu'ghom vIlaD
> tugh vIlaD
I'd definitely use <-qa'> on the second verb here, and probably use <-ta'>
on the first.
pagh
Beginners' Grammarian