tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Oct 05 18:57:50 1997
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Re: Tremal-Naik strikes back! :)
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Tremal-Naik strikes back! :)
- Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 21:56:55 -0400 ()
- Priority: NORMAL
SuloSmeH, Ha'!
charghwI'
On Mon, 29 Sep 1997 11:33:39 -0700 (PDT) Robyn Stewart
<[email protected]> wrote:
> ghel SuStel
> >[email protected] on behalf of Qov wrote:
> >> mang paQDI'norgh wa'DIch yIqel: bIloSmeH yItugh
> >
> >yItugh? nuqjatlh?
>
> HIvqa' veqlargh. {moD} vIQubtaHvIS {tugh} vIghItlh.
> rarHa'law' yabwIj'e'. Qov! QIghpejlIj! wa'maH lup!
>
> {bIloSmeH yImoD} - "Hurry up and wait"
> Or, as it's usually a whole bunch of soldiers, better:
> {SuloSmeH pemoD}
>
> For those who don't know, {tugh}, as well as being the adverb soon,
> is a stand alone exclamation for "hurry up." What SuStel caught me
> doing is about as bad as saying {*jImaj} for "I am good."
> Exclamations are NOT verbs and we can't pop them into sentences in
> that role and expect them to make any sense.
>
> - Qov