tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 27 15:29:06 1997
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RE: KLBC: Questions & Announcement
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Questions & Announcement
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 22:59:00 UT
January 27, 1997 9:52 AM EST, jatlh ~mark:
> >tlhIngan SoH'a'? tera'ngan SoH'a'? mutlIj yIngu'!
>
> For me, just the two questions suffice (adding "identify your species"
> seems redundant).
Yes, I was just driving the point home.
> >> DaqwIj DatIvchugh vaj juppu'lI' Daja'
> >> If you enjoy my site then tell your friends.
> >
> >If it's a command, you need the imperative prefix:
> >
> >vaj juppu'lI' yIja'.
>
> And if you are taking "your friends" as the object of "ja'", it needs to be
> "tIja'". But shouldn't it be "juppu'lI'vaD"?
You're right about the {tI-} prefix. But since the example on TKD p. 67
*seems* to use "you" as the object of the verb, you don't need the {-vaD}.
This is one of those wishy-washy things that I do so wish for clarification of
by Okrand!
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