tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 15 13:07:49 2000
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RE: Grammar Highlight Each Day (bo-)
- From: "De'vID" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Grammar Highlight Each Day (bo-)
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 16:03:11 -0500
- Importance: Normal
Holtej:
> << BTW, out of curiosity, why are you conjugating the verbs, as in (Sov =
> knows)? Why not present them in a way that's consistent with how TKD
> presents them, for consistency and clarity?
> >>
peHruS:
> This is an easy way to tell verbs from nouns without specifying said
> terminology, which, of course, is longer.
I do know that some people who are not trained in linguistics find
infinitives confusing, for what it's worth. Personally in my own
notes I find it helpful to explicitly state the subject-verb-object,
e.g. {luSov} "they know it", {Sov} "he/she/it knows him/her/it/them",
{Sov} "they know them".
> yaS boSov = You (pl) know the officer. (yaS = officer; Sov = knows)
I would have written:
{yaS} "officer"
{boSov} "you (pl) know him/her".
Then there is no confusion that {[bo]Sov} is a verb. To each his
own, of course. Others may find my style confusing.
peHruS:
[...]
> Soon the Grammar Highlight will present a chart of the
> verb pronominal suffixes. The first chart will be incomplete,
> showing only third-person objects. Eventually, a chart of all the
> prefixes will appear.
How will you organize it? I find it helpful to put the chart in
person-number form, i.e. I, we, you, you (p), he/she/it, they;
in this order, along both the subject and object axis. I find
the TKD chart to be an utter mess. Again, others may have
different preferences.
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De'vID
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