Re: Imperatives with aspect

[david joslyn <joslyn63@matrix.newpaltz.edu>]

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 J242110559@aol.com wrote:

> >yItlhutlhtaH "Keep drinking!"
> This would probably only be true if the context were right. I suspect that it 
> could also mean, "Be in the continuous state of drinking," or "Start drinking 
> (with no definite stopping point)."

I can just see a Klingon drinking contest, with the spectators chanting:

"yI-tlhutlh-taH! yi-tlhutlh-taH!" =)


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