Interrogative question

Stranger Come Knocking · August 22, 2011, 05:02:45 PM

*whistles* It's been a while since I've been on, so I have something of a n00bish question. I've scoured the dictionary, but can't find "How long?" Would it have to be "How much time?"

"How long must I wait for you?" -> "How much time must I wait for you?"

Txonä Unil Stä'nìyu Rolyusì · August 22, 2011, 05:12:59 PM

Yeah, that's what I use..."hìmtxampe krr." I haven't been told differently about it.

-Txonä Rolyu

Kemaweyan · August 22, 2011, 05:16:43 PM

Hmm.. I think we could use -o with pehrr, like in Norm's phrase zìsìto amrr. So it would be pehrro - "how long?", but it's just my idea.

Quote from: Txonä Te Unil Stä'nìyu Rolyusì on August 22, 2011, 05:12:59 PM
Yeah, that's what I use..."hìmtxampe krr." I haven't been told differently about it.

-Txonä Rolyu

Then probably hìmtxampe krrä, but I don't like this...

Stranger Come Knocking · August 22, 2011, 05:20:42 PM

So the sentence would go something like this:

"Hìmtxampe krrä oe zene pey fpi nga?"

Or like this:

"Pehrro oe zene pey fpi nga?"

Kemaweyan · August 22, 2011, 05:23:39 PM

Ngari (pehrro | hìmtxampe krrä) oe zene pivey.

Stranger Come Knocking · August 22, 2011, 05:27:02 PM

It's a good thing you're still around, Kemaweyan.

Irayo!

"Ngari hìmtxampe krrä oe zene pivey?"

Si?

Kemaweyan · August 22, 2011, 05:34:07 PM

Maybe.. I'm not sure about pehrro vs. hìmtxampe krrä

Tirea Aean · August 22, 2011, 07:10:57 PM

I'm liking pehrro.

Kemaweyan · August 22, 2011, 07:31:15 PM

Quote from: Tirea Aean on August 22, 2011, 07:10:57 PM
I'm liking pehrro.

So we need a confirmation from Pawl

Tirea Aean · August 22, 2011, 07:44:31 PM

Quote from: Kemaweyan on August 22, 2011, 07:31:15 PM
Quote from: Tirea Aean on August 22, 2011, 07:10:57 PM
I'm liking pehrro.

So we need a confirmation from Pawl

Sure. But it seems likely.

Tanri · August 23, 2011, 01:06:39 AM

Kaltxì ma eylan,
maybe the question is not about pehrro OR hìmtxampe krrä, in terms of selecting between those two, but about suitability of each one for various types of speech (story or poem, colloquial etc.).
Isn't this exactly the same difference as in English, how long... and how much time... ?

Ftxavanga Txe′lan · August 23, 2011, 06:27:43 AM

Quote from: Tanri on August 23, 2011, 01:06:39 AM
Kaltxì ma eylan,
maybe the question is not about pehrro OR hìmtxampe krrä, in terms of selecting between those two, but about suitability of each one for various types of speech (story or poem, colloquial etc.).
Isn't this exactly the same difference as in English, how long... and how much time... ?

Hmm. This is interesting.

Stranger Come Knocking · August 23, 2011, 03:51:39 PM

Quote from: Ftxavanga Txe′lan on August 23, 2011, 06:27:43 AM
Quote from: Tanri on August 23, 2011, 01:06:39 AM
Kaltxì ma eylan,
maybe the question is not about pehrro OR hìmtxampe krrä, in terms of selecting between those two, but about suitability of each one for various types of speech (story or poem, colloquial etc.).
Isn't this exactly the same difference as in English, how long... and how much time... ?

Hmm. This is interesting.

Well, I'm personally using it in a sort of letter/poem, if that makes a difference to anyone. :/

Tanri · August 24, 2011, 12:43:14 AM

To be more precise, with "types of speech" I mean nothing more than a difference between normal or colloquial speech - when speaker tends to use shorter variants, and "poetic" speech - where a need for specific number of syllables, or for emphasis of some word, can arise.