[tlhIngan Hol] vaj and meqvammo' difference

mayqel qunen'oS mihkoun at gmail.com
Wed Oct 7 01:54:40 PDT 2020


charghwI':
> I’d more simply say {jIghungpu’mo’ pItSa vIvun.}

QIn wa'DIch vIqontaHvIS, DuHvam vIqelpu'; 'a QIn tlheghvam meq
'oHbe'mo' {-mo'}'e', {-mo'} mu'tlhegh vIqonpu'be'.

lieven:
> (By the way, I very often use the phrase {ngoDvammo'}
> "Because of that fact", roughly meaning "that's why".)

Daj. QInlIj vIlaDpu'DI', {meqvammo'} quvyaHwIj vInuDpu'. chay' taghpu'
? jISIvpu'.. chaq pa'logh "because of this reason" jIjatlhpu' vIneH,
'ej vaj wa'logh {meqvammo'} vIlo'pu'DI', SIbI' jIHvaD quvyaH mojpu'..

jIH:
> "I was hungry so I ordered a pizza".
> jIghungpu'; vaj pItSa' vIvunpu'
> jIghungpu'; meqvammo' pItSa' vIvunpu'.
SuStel:
> your use of perfective here is incorrect. jIghungpu' describes
> the completed state of you being hungry. If your hunger were
> completed, you would not need to order pizza, because you
> would no longer be hungry.

jIQaghpu'. jatlh DIvI' mu'tlhegh: "I was hungry so I ordered a pizza",
'ach vay' pIm vIjatlhpu' vIneH. "I have been hungry, so I have ordered
a pizza" jIjatlhpu' vIneH.

'ach bIlugh SuStel; DaH DIvI' Hol mu'tlhegh vIneHpu'bogh
vIqelqa'taHvIS, taQ DIvI' Hol mu'tlheghvam 'e' vItlhoj. 'ej taQ je
{jIghungpu'; vaj/meqvammo' pItSa' vIvunpu'}.

taQ je 'elaDya' Hol mu'tlheghvam.

~ Qa'yIn



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