tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Aug 29 17:28:36 1999
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Re: : Imperative prefixes
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: : Imperative prefixes
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 14:32:12 EDT
In a message dated 8/10/1999 9:32:36 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< {Ha'} certainly qualifies as a "first-person imperative" in my book.
I also think {DaH} can help to give an imperative flavor to a phrase
like {maHIv}, either in its normal position at the front of the sentence,
or as a separate adverbial utterance.
{maHIv -- DaH!} sounds to me like it's intended as a command addressed
to the first-person plural. :)
>>
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yIyep, ghunchu'wI'. wot moHaq *tableDaq mu' {Ha'} DaSamlaHbe' 'e' vIHar.
vay'vaD ra'meH mu' 'oHbe'. *imperative 'oHbe' 'ach *hortatory exclamation
chuv 'oHba'. mu'tlhegh 'ay'vaD *flavor chellaH, jIQochbe'.
peHruS