[Tlhingan-hol] KLBC: "shut up or I'll hit you"

[John R. Harness]

QISta': I don't think what you've written breaks any rules, but it seems to
me that Qov is suggesting a more stylistic way of doing it...

Qov: Thanks for the advice, but that raises more questions than it provides
answers for me.

bIjeghbe'chugh vaj bIHegh. -> Surrender or die.

Actually it says: "If you do not surrender, then you die."

I suppose you are suggesting: {bItamchoHbe'chugh vaj qaqIp.} "If you don't
become quiet, then I hit you."

For what is meant to be such an imperative sentiment, why is the imperative
avoided here? Why not {yIjegh vaj yIHegh}? Why not {yItamchoH pagh qaqIp}?




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On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 12:33 PM, Robyn Stewart <robyn at flyingstart.ca>
wrote:

> Look up how to say “surrender or die” in Klingon, and then answer the
> question yourself.
>
>
>
> *From:* chransberry at gmail.com [mailto:chransberry at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* February 24, 2016 10:02
> *To:* tlhingan-hol at kli.org
> *Subject:* [Tlhingan-hol] KLBC: "shut up or I'll hit you"
>
>
>
> So, I'm wondering about this construction, {yItamchoH pagh qaqIp}. That
> is, an imperative connected to a declarative, as a threat - does that work?
>
> -QISta'
> Pardon my woeful ignorance
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