[Tlhingan-hol] Hints and tips : Verb prefixes

[mayql qunenoS]

ghItlhpu' De'vID :
wrote De'vID :

> wa' Dol nIvDaq Sutay'DI' SuQap, taghwI'pu'.

at a superior whole if you are together you will succeed, beginners.
if you are together as a superior whole, beginners, you will succeed.

is this translation correct ?

qunnoq HoD

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 6:58 PM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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>>>> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 20:56:29 +0200
>>>> From: mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com>
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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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