tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 19 09:18:28 1997
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Re: KLBC: Let's
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Let's
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 12:18:29 -0500 (EST)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]> (message from fonseca on Wed, 19Mar 1997 09:05:30 -0800 (PST))
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>Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 09:05:30 -0800 (PST)
>From: fonseca <[email protected]>
>
>How can I say:
>
> Let's do something ?
>as Let's drink
I'd say simply "matlhutlh!" "We drink!" I think we may have something
like canon for that, but I'm not sure.
I've sometimes seen "matlhutlhjaj", but I don't like it at all. "-jaj"
indicates a wish or hope, it's used in toasts. It's not a generalized
imperative, like some would like it to be. "matlhutlhjaj" sounds more like
"may it happen that we get to drink." I could see something like "tIqDaq
'Iw wItlhutlhjaj!" as a toast before battle: may we drink his [the enemy's]
heart's blood! But not as a mere suggestion. Similarly, "matlhutlh 'e'
yIchaw'" doesn't work; it's horribly English. I'd blink at you and wonder
why you need MY permission.
~mark
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