tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 24 21:45:02 2000
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Re: Verb Affixes
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Verb Affixes
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 20:47:43 -0800
mojaqmey moHaqmey motlhbe' je vISovchu'be'. chay' vIghoj?
jatlh David Yeung
> I find that I am still cheating when it comes to verb affixes. I know the
> more common ones, but I still have to look up the rare ones in a chart. I
> would like to be able to know them by heart. Does anyone have suggestions /
> ideas to share? In terms of recognition I am mostly having trouble with
> prefixes. I can recognize all of the suffices but sometimes forget their
> order.
Three suggestions.
One, memorize that table by brute force. Copy it out, then cover it up and
write out as much as you can from memory. Repeat until you can write out
the whole thing from memory, even if you have to really strain to do it.
Two, never look up the prefixes unles you really really have to. Certainly
don't make it easy to look them up. If you can't remember one, then write
out the table again, from memory. If you can't remember, guess, then look
up your guess on TKD p.163, without peeking. If you guessed wrong, guess
again.
Three, find or make up little phrases that make them easier to remember.
> Also, has every prefix been used in canon?
Let's see ...
jIQong, bIQong, Qong, maQong, SuQong, qalegh, cholegh, vIlegh, mulegh,
Salegh, tulegh, Dalegh, Dulegh, julegh, pIlegh, lulegh, yIQong, peQong,
HIQIp, ghoqIp, tIqIp are all in TKD 4.1.1. Boring canon, but it's canon.
That leaves nI-, lI-, wI-, bo-, nu-, che-, re-, and DI-.
Nothing comes to mind.