TGV/MGV - Lesson 13
Ba-|Iyi-Gol-Vuhlkansu - Tupa 13

POSSESSION
Mat

New Vocabulary
Uzh-Zhit-Feim

Ma to own, to possess
Nem-tor to take
Ritishau to dislike
Stau to kill
Yahv-tor to borrow
Zakar-tor to damage

Ka vah (the) same as

Bar-kas spice
Dukal ball
Dva belief
Kluf boot
Sahriv storm
Shur t'plomik plomeek soup
Yarmok salad


Notes
Pitohlar

1. Denoting possession in Traditional and Modern Golic Vulcan is very easy; it closely follows the pattern of many of the Romance languages on Earth, such as French, Italian or Spanish. Instead of using the Federation Standard English form of an apostrophe and an "s", Golic Vulcan uses the prepositional prefix " t' " (of). Also, remember that the item always precedes the owner in possession. Therefore, "Sonok's ball" would be translated >dukal t'Sonok< (literally "the ball of Sonok").

2. Personal possession is based on the personal pronouns, using the same rule as above. Therefore, "The le-matya is eating my ball and your book" would be translated >Yokul le-matya dukal t'nash-veh heh dunap t'du< (literally "Eats the le-matya the ball of me and the book of you"). Refer to the table below for reference.



F.S. English	Golic Vulcan
my/mine	t'nash-veh
your/yours (singular)	t'du
his	t'sa-veh or t'ish-veh
her/hers	t'ko-veh or t'ish-veh
its	t'ish-veh
our/ours	t'etek
your/yours (plural)	t'dular
their/theirs	t'au


3. Above you will notice there are two forms for "his" and "her(s)". This is related to the two forms for the corresponding personal pronouns. In Golic Vulcan "everyday" usage, "ish-veh" and its corresponding "t'ish-veh" are usually used for all forms of the the third person singular. If it is necessary for clarity or you wish to use more formal usage, then use the gender specific terms. In these lessons we will use "t'sa-veh" and "t'ko-veh" to benefit the new student.


Exercise 1
Tusok 1

Translate the following into Federation Standard English:

1. You are eating my salad. 2. The girl takes his ball. 3. The boy takes her book. 4. Sonok likes bread with T'Luki's plomeek soup. 5. The sehlat is eating her flowers. 6. T'Luki dislikes the spice in Sonok's plomeek soup. 7. The storm is damaging the crops in our field but not his. 8. The le-matya is killing our sehlat. 9. T'Luki is borrowing Sonok's black boots. 10. My beliefs are not the same as yours.

Exercise 2
Tusok 2

Translate the following into Golic Vulcan:

1. Yokul nash-veh yarmok t'du. 2. Nem-tor sa-kan dukal t'ko-veh. 3. Nem-tor ko-kan dunap t'sa-veh. 4. Tishau T'Luki kap k'shur t'plomik t'Sonok. 5. Yokul le-matya svailar t'ko-veh. 6. Ritishau Sonok bar-kas svi'shur t'plomik t'T'Luki. 7. Zakar-tor sahriv urozh svi'solai t'sa-veh hi ri t'etek. 8. Stau le-matya sehlat t'dular. 9. Yahv-tor Sonok khav-kur kluflar t'T'Luki. 10. Nam-tor dvalar t'du ri ka vah t'au.


The student is encouraged to learn further by making new sentences based on words from the dictionaries.

This lesson was put online on
January 4, 2001.




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