tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jul 11 16:31:40 1999
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Re: weekend-wIj'e'
In a message dated 7/5/1999 12:31:39 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
WestphalWz@AOL.COM writes:
<< << >Second, {yItamtaH} implies that the child is already being quiet
>and the command-giver is ordering him to keep on being quiet.
{yItam'eghmoH}
>has been given to us as canon for "Quiet yourself!"
Where is this given? References, please? >>
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I will definitely try to supply you a reference. I do remember clearly
being
surprised myself when MO talked about this different construction for
descriptive verb commands.
>>
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The reference is {yItuj'eghmoH}. I do recall, also, some ensuing discussion
about this being the proper construction for descriptive verb commands.
peHruS