tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Sep 15 16:03:15 2000
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RE: KLBC jIDel'egh
- From: "Stauffer, Tad E (staufte7)" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC jIDel'egh
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 19:00:55 -0400
jatlh nejwI':
> Qaghmeyvam vIyaj. choghojqu'moHneS.
>
> >> 'ach Hut wen muDajchoH chenmoHlu'bogh Holmey 'e'.
>
> >TKD says {Daj} means "be interesting", not "be interesting
> >to (someone)". So {muDajchoH} ("It became interesting me")
> >probably won't work. You could simply say {DajchoH}
> >("It became interesting").
>
> qechvam vIyajchu'be'. luDechbogh mu'tlheghmeymo' mubuSlaw'
> {DajchoH} 'e' vIyaj. 'ach vay' pIm buSchugh vaj chay' vIjatlh?
> "The book is not interesting to my friend" Hech'a' <jupwI'vad
> Dajbe' paq>?
>
If you want to say "The book is not interesting to my friend", <jupwI'vaD
Dajbe' paq> works.
You could also say something like:
{Dajbe' paq 'e' Har jupwI'} ("My friend believes that the book isn't
interesting").
> 'ej "He gives me a book" Hech'a' <paq munob>?
>
{paq munob} is ok for "He gives me a book", using the prefix {mu-}
("He/she/it/they - me").
You could also say {jIHvaD paq nob} ("He gives a book for me"). I prefer
{jIHvaD paq nob} over {paq munob}, because the prefix won't always tell
explicitly who is getting the book.
> {Daj}vad Qapbe''a' moHaq toj?
>
TKD lists {Daj} as "be interesting". Generally, verbs like this ("be
hungry", "be green", "be honored", etc.) only have subjects, and not
objects. Therefore, to me, {muDaj} ("It is interesting me") or {mughung}
("It is hungry me") feel wrong.
However, I do see what you're thinking by using the "prefix trick". If {Daj}
actually meant "be interesting to (someone)", then {muDaj} would definitely
work.
Also, {toj} is only the verb "trick, deceive". We don't know that there's a
noun {toj}. If you wanted to describe "the prefix trick", you might say
{moHaq Dup} ("prefix strategy") or {moHaq mIw} ("prefix procedure").
> >majQa', nejwI'. Although long, this introduction was quite
> >good. It looks like the main stuff that you should watch out
> >for are verb prefixes and spelling/capitalization. Overall,
> >good job!
>
> tIqbej. 'ach Hol ngoD law' vIghoj.
>
maj! bIghojmo' jIQuch.
- taD