[Tlhingan-hol] Hints and tips : Verb prefixes

[mayql qunenoS]

> I cut up pieces of paper into small "cards" and wrote all the verb prefixes on some of them, and a few (10 or so?) verbs on the faces of other cards. I'd pick up a
> prefix card and a verb card and combine them into a prefix+verb, which I would then try to translate AS QUICKLY AS I COULD. I did this until I had used all the
> prefixes, then repeated.

this is indeed a great idea. I will definitely try it.

cpt qunnoq

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 6:12 PM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Given the current strong group of beginners, you might start a "royal we" conversation for prefix practice.
>
> what does this mean ? you mean writing and instead of using "I" using "we" ?
>
> cpt qunnoq
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 12:43 AM, John R. Harness <cartweel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> qunnoQ is absolutely right. His method is very reasonable, I think, to
>> master memorization of the table. It is essentially what I did, testing
>> myself each day to try to write out the chart. Now I am definitely in the
>> middle of making things "automatic," which simply comes from using the
>> prefixes in writing in speech! But now I'm not intimidated by mu- or nu-!
>>
>> Let me share another exercise that I've used: It is a little like the
>> children's "memory" game. I cut up pieces of paper into small "cards" and
>> wrote all the verb prefixes on some of them, and a few (10 or so?) verbs on
>> the faces of other cards. I'd pick up a prefix card and a verb card and
>> combine them into a prefix+verb, which I would then try to translate AS
>> QUICKLY AS I COULD. I did this until I had used all the prefixes, then
>> repeated.
>>
>> Keep working and you will soon master the prefixes!
>>
>> 'arHa
>>
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>>> > This has been sooo hard to memorize for me.
>>>
>>> If you like,give this method a try ; maybe it will solve your problem.
>>> It takes a while,
>>> (to me it took about a month), however eventually you will be able to
>>> remember
>>> the entire table.
>>>
>>> Also I should say, that even if you memorize the entire table, the
>>> only thing that will have
>>> happened, is just that ; the memorization of the table. Meaning that
>>> when the time will come
>>> to actually write, you will have to pause before each verb (at least
>>> that's what is happening
>>> with me) recite in your mind the appropriate column, until you find
>>> the prefix you're searching
>>> for. I guess, that in order for the prefixes to become "automatic",
>>> meaning in order for them to
>>> be coming to your mind during writing in a spontaneous manner, a lot
>>> of practice needs to take
>>> place.. The only prefixes so far, I have "spontaneous" in my mind are
>>> jI-, qa-, Sa- and vI !
>>>
>>> But the good thing will be, that eventually you will have the entire
>>> table in your mind.
>>>
>>> cpt qunnoQ
>>
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