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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] "where are you from?"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Tue Jan 15 14:39:58 2013
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmOfNV6m1CGMyH+QQw1ahOKkyrf0mHKBVi5mFyt3KQTZnA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:38:55 +0100
From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
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De'vID wrote:
>> I'm putting together a list of "Beginner's Conversation" sentences that
>> people can use at qepHom/'a'.
>>
>> Aside from the usual "what's your name?" and so on, I was trying to
>> render "where are you from?"
>>[...]
SuStel:
> nuq DaDab
> where do you live?
>
> What's the difference between "where are you from?" and "where do you
live?" if you're not talking about your history or ancestors?
qaStaHvIS qep'a' qepHom joq motlh mebpa'mey Dab jeSwI'pu'.
{nuq DaDab?} - likely reply is "Best Western" or whatever
I know you'll probably point out the difference between {nuq DaDab?}
(general truth) and {nuq DaDabtaH?} (continuous aspect) but remember this
is aimed at beginners.
I want to differentiate "where are you staying?" from "where did you arrive
from?"
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De'vID
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<p dir="ltr">De'vID wrote:<br>
>> I'm putting together a list of "Beginner's Conversation" sentences that<br>
>> people can use at qepHom/'a'.<br>
>><br>
>> Aside from the usual "what's your name?" and so on, I was trying to<br>
>> render "where are you from?"<br>
>>[...]</p>
<p dir="ltr">SuStel:<br>
> nuq DaDab<br>
> where do you live?<br>
><br>
> What's the difference between "where are you from?" and "where do you live?" if you're not talking about your history or ancestors?</p>
<p dir="ltr">qaStaHvIS qep'a' qepHom joq motlh mebpa'mey Dab jeSwI'pu'. </p>
<p dir="ltr">{nuq DaDab?} - likely reply is "Best Western" or whatever</p>
<p dir="ltr">I know you'll probably point out the difference between {nuq DaDab?} (general truth) and {nuq DaDabtaH?} (continuous aspect) but remember this is aimed at beginners.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I want to differentiate "where are you staying?" from "where did you arrive from?"</p>
<p dir="ltr">--<br>
De'vID</p>
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