Modern Golic Vulcan Grammar Lesson 13

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.