tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 28 17:42:49 2002
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RE: KLBC: T'Anna/ nu translation
--- TPO <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Now I want you to write "They visit the
> embassy."
> > > You need to look up "they", and you need to look
> on
> > > the chart on the row for
> > > "they".
> > >
> > :)I thoght I'd show my work to.
> > :)They visit the embassy.
> > :)chaH Such rIvSo'
> > :)Now to translate it the way you showed me.
> Above is
> > :)the way I used to translate it. I believe I was
> > :)translating it the way we would say it in
> English.
> > :)I now see my mistake.
> > :)
> > :)Proper translation: rIvSo' luSuch chaH.
> > :)Am I correct?
>
> Yes! You got it right.
>
> Now go to page 25, the section about Possession.
> Earlier we had the sentence taj woH loDHom "The
> boy picks up the knife."
> We're going to change this a little. Instead of
> "the" knife, we'll make it
> "my" knife.
> "The boy picks up my knife."
>
> In this section (and again on page 165) we see two
> things for "my", -wIj,
> and -wI'.
> For -wI' (and for a few others) the dictionary
> includes in the definition
> "noun capable of using language". Well here on
> Earth basicly this means
> {people}. -wI' is used for "my" when it is attached
> to a person.
> puqloD "son"
> puqloDwI' "my son"
> puqloDlI' "your son"
>
> -wIj is used for "my" when it is attached to a
> thing, something that is not
> a person.
> paq "book"
> paqwIj "my book"
> paqlIj "your book"
>
> So, back to our sentence:
> taj woH loDHom "The boy picks up the knife."
> tajwIj woH loDHom "The boy picks up my knife."
>
>
> "your", "my", and "our" are the only ones that have
> a different suffix for
> people and for things. "His/her" and "their" don't
> do this.
> puqloDDaj "his son"
> paqDaj "his book"
> Same suffix.
>
>
> Now you write "His pet steals my food."
:)His pet steals my food
:)-Daj Saj nIHpu' -wIj Soj
:)Sojwij nIHpu' SajDaj
>
>
> DloraH, BG
>
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