tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 17 13:04:10 2002
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Re: to' nech, 051-061
> > > > K: yItammoHpu' 'ej yIruchqa'!
> > > > Gloss: Silence it, and proceed!
> >
> > How can you command someone to have completed something? I think {-pu'}
here
> > breaks your sentence.
>
> If there was a time-stamp set in the future it would work. I agree it
doesn't
> work here.
I don't see why you CAN'T command someone to have completed something. I
don't think the time context is relevant. It's awkward in English, but
seems to make perfect sense in Klingon.
I once came up with this phrase:
yInenta'!
Grow up already!
Admittedly, this is colloquial English, but it's pretty common usage.
"Please be finished!" "Get lost!"
I also agree that /-pu'/ doesn't belong on this sentence, but only because
it's not really meant here. /yItammoH/ "Silence it!" "Cause it to be
silent!" is what is meant, not "Cause it to have been silent!" or "Be
finished causing it to be silent!"
SuStel
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