tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 25 13:21:40 1995
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}}} Colors (again)
- From: "Elizabeth C. Hoyt" <[email protected]>
- Subject: }}} Colors (again)
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 13:21:40 -0400 (EDT)
ghItlh ~mark:
> I must say, though, that your plan still works. It just is a little finer.
> The traffic light might command "pemev!" in general, to all the drivers,
> but if you're talking about a single driver under consideration, you may
> have need to say that the light told *that driver* to stop. OK, it told
> other ones too, but I'm not talking about them.
>
> But don't think that yI- "sounds" better or more imperative, just because
> you see it more.
Believe it or not, I did not choose {yI-} blindly. I am aware
of the other imperative prefixes. At the time, I decided on {yI-} because
I was talking about one driver. (As you say.)
Probably like {yI-} because it sounds more like "you," but that does not
mean that I think of it as the ONLY imperative prefix.
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Peace and Long Life 'ej Qapla'
Liz (tlheghmeQ joq)