tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 19 09:18:28 1997

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Re: KLBC: Let's



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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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