[98208] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] The Legend of Gorath part 1
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Sat Mar 22 11:32:09 2014
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 11:31:29 -0400
From: SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <8D113F3BDDB7650-1A2C-499B8@webmail-m164.sysops.aol.com>
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On 3/22/2014 10:40 AM, Brad Wilson wrote:
> I originally had {yItam} for "be still", but I wanted to emphasize the
> movement not just silence, since {yItam} is used later in the story
> specifically for silence. I overlooked {yItaD} because I was only
> reading it in the "ice" sense.
While {yItaD} is the correct idiomatic choice in this case, be aware
that in general when you are commanding someone with a verb of quality,
you need to add {-'egh} and {-moH} to it: {yItam'eghmoH} "silence
yourself!" This rule comes from KGT. {yItaD} "be frozen!, don't move!"
is an idiomatic exception to the rule.
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SuStel
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