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--- In txeqli@y..., Rex May - Baloo <rmay@m...> wrote:
> To kan dorm. The dog sleeps.
Just to clarify, the 'To' here is optional, right?
Kan dorm. (The) dog sleeps.
> Go dormfa to kan. I put the dog to sleep.
> Go fa to kan dorm.
> Go fa ke to kan dorm.
Is the 'to' required in those cases to split the verb
from the noun? Can you provide translations for the
second and third sentences so we can see the subtle
differences?
> Go pa dorm. I slept.
> Go dorm pa ke go pa toyl. I slept before I worked.
> Go fu kom do ke zi. I will eat when you do.
Seems slightly odd in the second case to have 'pa'
after 'dorm', since you are still sleeping in the past.
Perhaps it would seem clearer to me as: Go dorm pake go
pa toyl. ('pake' = before)
> Gosa pamzo pa fa go dja skul. My father made me go to
> school.
> Go pa dja skul befa gosa pamzo. I went to school because
> of my father.
>
> And as a question word.
> Kwa fa ke zi dja skul. Why do you go to school?
That all seems good to me.
Kven