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Re: KLBC -lu' + imperative

Scott Willis ([email protected])

• From: "Scott Willis" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: KLBC -lu' + imperative
• Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 06:57:27 -0500
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip Newton" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 3:58 PM
Subject: KLBC -lu' + imperative

> Philip:
> How does -lu' work together with imperatives?
>
> For example, how would you say, "Be seen!"? {yIleghlu'}?
>
> Or does -lu' not work at all with imperatives?

(I tried for a while to wrap my head around {yIleghlu'}. I even slept on
it.)

It probably doesn't work at all. The subject of an imperative is always
second person ("you, y'all"), and use of {-lu'} indicates an indefinite
third person subject ("someone, something").

AFAIK, {-lu'} has never been used in an imperative in canon.

As for how to say "Be seen!", I can only suggest a recast. {yI'ang'egh!}
"Show yourself", {Daleghlu' 'e' yIchaw'!} "Allow yourself to be seen", etc.

--ngabwI'
Beginners' Grammarian,
Klingon Language Institute
http://kli.org/
HovpoH 701056.0

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