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Re: KLBC -lu' + imperative

David Trimboli ([email protected])

• From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: KLBC -lu' + imperative
• Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:05:59 -0500

>From: "Scott Willis" <[email protected]>
> > Philip:
> > How does -lu' work together with imperatives?
>
>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").

Imperatives might not even be considered to HAVE subjects.  You simply 
address the imperative to one person or multiple people.  It's not made 
clear in TKD.

SuStel
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