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