[Tlhingan-hol] Type 5 on first noun

[SuStel]

On 2/10/2016 10:12 PM, Alan Anderson wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 2:38 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
>> Why aren't there any other you-supply-the-missing-sentence constructions?
>
> There are. TKD 7.1. "Commands" says
>> When the object noun is critical, and what is to be done
>> with that noun is obvious (or should be obvious) to the
>> listener, that noun itself may serve as the command.
>
> It's not the same thing as the so-called "cat-in-the-hat" fragment,
> but it's been part of the language forever.

You're right, shouting {HaSta!} at your underling and expecting him to 
know what to do is not the same as labeling a part with two 
grammatically unrelatable words and expecting the reader to construct a 
complete sentence out of your fragment.

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SuStel
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