[88011] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Already
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI')
Wed May 19 22:24:13 2010
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From: "ghunchu'wI'" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 22:21:26 -0400
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Apr 30, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Terrence Donnelly wrote:
> I have always considered the suffixes {-ta'/-pu'} to carry the idea
> of "already",...
I agree. Many years ago we were considering whether the word
{yInenta'} could be expressed easily in English, and SuStel gave the
perfect translation: "Grow up already!"
-- ghunchu'wI'