tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 31 22:23:19 1997
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Re: KLBC:how do I translate the imperative?
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC:how do I translate the imperative?
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 97 05:17:23 UT
[email protected] on behalf of Norman Thomas wrote:
> How can I translate let us ..?This is translated by the imperative in
> other languages but tlhIngan Hol only allows the imperative in the
> second person.
Yeah, this comes up once in a while. The question really is: do you NEED to
translate "let us"? Here's a canon example:
Let us get a drink.
DaH matlhutlh.
Just make a statement or a command as you'd normally do. If the person you're
talking to doesn't want to, you can be sure he'll shout {Qo'} immediately.
An example of an imperative:
Let's go.
HItlhej.
(Yeah, I know you can just say {Ha'}, but you can also say {HItlhej}. I'm
just illustrating the point.)
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SuStel
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