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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Dick Jane je

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Roney, Jr.)
Fri Dec 4 09:12:41 2015

In-Reply-To: <BAY179-W828E7872C32B23A97DDEFAA0C0@phx.gbl>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 09:12:25 -0500
From: "Michael Roney, Jr." <nahqun@gmail.com>
To: Rohan Fenwick <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
Cc: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 8:19 AM, Rohan Fenwick <qeslagh@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> jang je naHQun, jatlh:
> > I went back and forth with the prefix.
> > This is something that I've never been clear on.
> > In English, "See Dick" is a statement,
>
> No, it isn't; it's still an imperative. Without an overt subject, it
cannot possibly be a statement in English. Who's seeing Dick? {Dick yIlegh}
is appropriate here.

Huh.
It seems the English was throwing me off on this one.

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<div dir=3D"ltr">On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 8:19 AM, Rohan Fenwick &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:qeslagh@hotmail.com">qeslagh@hotmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt;<=
br>&gt; jang je naHQun, jatlh:<br>&gt; &gt; I went back and forth with the =
prefix.<br>&gt; &gt; This is something that I&#39;ve never been clear on.<b=
r>&gt; &gt; In English, &quot;See Dick&quot; is a statement,<br>&gt;<br>&gt=
; No, it isn&#39;t; it&#39;s still an imperative. Without an overt subject,=
 it cannot possibly be a statement in English. Who&#39;s seeing Dick? {Dick=
 yIlegh} is appropriate here.<br><br><div>Huh.</div><div>It seems the Engli=
sh was throwing me off on this one.</div><div><br></div></div>

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