tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 29 21:57:33 1998

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Re: Much ado



From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>


>At 03:47 PM 4/28/98 -0700, pagh wrote:
>
>>As an added speculation, when using an imperative with a state, I
>>sometimes use {-choH}, which sort of turns the state into an activity.
>>{yIjot} (be still) is just weird to my ear, but {yIjotchoH} (become
>>still) seems quite natural.
>
>{yIjot'eghchoHmoH} ?  (I just can't think of a state as an activity,
>not even _taking on_ that state!)

No, just {yIjotchoH}.  {jotchoH} "become calm" is definitely an activity,
not a state, so turning it into a command, {yIjotchoH}, should not require
{-'egh} and {-moH}.

SuStel
Stardate 98326.8





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