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--- lessons:verbs_1 [2023/09/22 17:02] – clarification on hyphens morgoth
+++ lessons:verbs_1 [2023/12/19 18:36] (current) – [See also] morgoth
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 Present tense in Nûrlâm is used to express:
-  * actions going at the moment of speaking;
+  * actions going at the moment of speaking (e.g. "orc is eating");
   * regular actions that didn't stop to happen;
   * general truths (like "orcs eat")
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   * skoir (to fly)
   * ugl (to frighten, scare)
+----------------------
+===== Exercise 1 =====
+Translate into Nûrlâm:
+  - an orc is coming
+  - demon flies
+  - dwarves stink
+  - elves eat bread
+  - orcs drink blood
+  - nine wraiths are scaring these humans
+  - scary trolls hear the filthy dwarves
+  - the dragon rules this mountain
+  - the slaves escape
+  - the warrior kills a troll
+<hidden show answers>
+  - ash uruk skâtâ
+  - rog skoirâ
+  - gazat pushdû
+  - golug throkhû mazg
+  - uruk shogû ghor
+  - krith gûl uglû za tark
+  - ologuf khlârû za dug gazat / uf olog khlârû za dug gazat
+  - lûgum durbâ za rod / za lûg durbâ za rod
+  - za snaga irzû
+  - mauhum dogâ ash olog / maum dogâ ash olog / za mauh dogâ ash olog / za mau dogâ ash olog
+</hidden>
+----------------------
+===== Exercise 2 =====
+Translate into English:
+  - dog durbâ
+  - golug shogâ mûd saub
+  - ink hûr uruk maukû krâk gazat
+  - mauh krimpâ za snaga
+  - noi nakhû
+  - rod binâ
+  - skri shra throgû za nazg
+  - tark grishû ûzûl taum
+  - tarkum throkhâ âps
+  - za shra gashnâ
+<hidden show answers>
+  - slayer rules
+  - elf drinks some juice / elf is drinking some juice
+  - six brave orcs fight five dwarves / six brave orcs are fighting five dwarves
+  - warrior ties the slaves / warrior is tying the slaves
+  - bees bite / bees are biting
+  - mountain stands / mountain is standing
+  - eight persons are giving the rings
+  - humans cut the green forest / humans are cutting the green forest
+  - the human eats meat / the human is eating meat
+  - this person speaks / this person says / this person is speaking / this person is saying
+</hidden>
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   * [[:lessons|All lessons]]
   * [[lessons:commands|Lesson "Verbs: commands and imperatives"]]
-  * [[lessons:verbs_2|Lesson "Verbs: future and past tenses"]]
+  * [[lessons:verbs_2|Lesson "Verbs: past tense. More adverbs"]]
   * [[lessons:aspects|Lesson "Verbs: aspects"]]
   * [[[[:grammar_verb|Grammar of verbs]]

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