tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 18 17:21:31 1998
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Fw: Words for "please", "thank you" etc. (fwd)
- From: "Qov" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Fw: Words for "please", "thank you" etc. (fwd)
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 17:21:19 -0700
Hol chu' vIHaD 'e' boSov. loQ tlhIngan Hol rurlaw' ...
"Please" "thank you" lo'qu'be' naDev Sungpu'.
*Salish* Sung Hol jabbI'IDghomvo' jabbI'Ivam vIlab.
>As for please, the noted Nlha7kapmx elder Mrs. Dorothy Ursaki, when asked
by
>an eager graduate student how to say please, said simply : "We Indians
>don't suck up." Enough said.
>
>[Dave here:] Ah, some of you in the past received email from me with the
>signature file recounting the words of Pauline Flett, snxwmene?ey /
>Spokane tribe... to the effect that "Thanks, I've already eaten" is
>translated as lemlts^ &'e c^n il~n, but you'd never actually say that in
>her language. The proper response to being offered food is to eat it.
majQa'. bIDachHa'qu'choHDI' tlhIngan Hol.DajatlhtaHvIS, yIqaw.