tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 27 15:29:06 1997

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RE: KLBC: Questions & Announcement



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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