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Re: CHAT: t-shirt

From:Carlos Thompson <carlos_thompson@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 27, 2000, 12:37
I had CCed my previous message to NGL list in order to be corrected...
it seem I had it mostly right except for a few details:

I wrote:
> > In Tokcir (aka NGL), with traditional verb system. > > Dikava sase à tokes: xomava òl tok.
[...]
> Using PVS would be rendered as: > Da dika sase à tokes: da xoma òl tok. > > Where {da} is the present imperative proverb.
Sorry, {da} is the past imperative proverb. The present imperative proverb is {di}. (corrected by Sephen Degrace).
> Using VTT, we will have: > Vu xa dik sase à tokes: vu xa xom òl tok.
{vu xa} and {ni xa} can be shortened into {vux} and {nix}. Then the proposed sentences are: TVS: Dikava sase à tokes: xomava òl tok. PVS: Di dika sase à tokes: di xoma òl tok. VTT: Nix dik sase à tokes: vux xom òl tok. I personally preffer the TVS in this sentence, if only one will fit in the t-shit. All three sentences can be shortcut after the colon: "Xomava òl tok.", "Di xoma òl tok." or "Vux xom òl tok.". -- Carlos Th