Asha'ille Lesson 01 Solution

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1. Given tuya green, choose the sentence that means "The grass is green."

a) Jhor'saethen t'tuya.

Right! Saethen means grass in the most general sense of the word, and its characteristic (tuya green) follows after it in normal speech.

b) Jhor'ne saethen t'tuya.

Wrong. The object-marker ne is never used in a jhor'te construction.

c) Jhor'tuya t'saethen.

Wrong. While a grammatical sentence, placing the adjective first is a poetic style not normally used in everyday speech.

d) Jhor'neilerish t'tuya.

Wrong. Neilerishim describe an orderly expanse of grass, as in a farmer's field. The generic concept of grass would be described by neilerish.

2. Choose the sentence that means "The ocean and river are water."

a) Jhor'uruman zafa t'caruman.

Wrong. Remember, caruman ocean comes from the word cátua big.

b) Jhor'caruman t'zafa t'uruman.

Wrong. If multiple subjects are being equated to a single thing, only that single characteristic is prefixed with te.

c) Jhor'caruman zafa t'uruman.

Right! Multiple subjects being equated to a single thing become serial subjects, and only the characteristic describing those subjects follows te.

d) Jhor'caruman zafa t'urumanim.

Wrong. Even though there are multiple things being equated, they do not need to be pluralized with –m.

3. Given aejirith strong (derived from aejiriv to fight) and pas past tense, choose the sentence that means "The wind was strong."

a) Jhor'mmavásh t'aejirith.

Wrong. Because the wind is being described as strong, the more violent mmesu wind is by far the likeliest word used to name it.

b) Jhor'mmesu t'aejirith.

Right! A mmesu wind can be described as aejirith strong and its connotations of fierceness and violence.

c) Pas jhor'mmesu t'aejirith.

Wrong. Jhor'te constructions do not carry tense information, but rather rely on the tense of the sentence immediately preceding it. In isolation, jhor'te sentences have no explicit tense, which must therefore be inferred from context.

d) Jhor'lokeil i t'aejirith.

Wrong. Lokeil'im breezes are never aejirith strong, as this would imply some degree of malevolance. Lokeil'im are always kind, wise, and freeing.

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