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

[lojmIt tI'wI' nuv 'utlh]

Picture a basketball player on whom a foul has been called. He raises his hand as a gesture. Yep. My bad.

I was distracted by focus on attempts to use a conjunction to join an imperative to a statement. I forgot.

lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh
Door Repair Guy, Retired Honorably



> On Feb 24, 2016, at 6:42 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> 
> On 2/24/2016 5:36 PM, lojmIttI'wI'nuv wrote:
>> If you want to make an imperative statement just do it. {yItam!}. Maybe
>> make two statements {yItam! qaqIp ‘e’ vIqellI’.} Literally, “Be quiet!
>> I’m considering hitting you.” Or be clever, like {yItam! tlhoS
>> qaqIpchoH.} “Be quiet! I’ve almost begun to hit you."
> 
> Just want to remind everyone that when you use a verb of quality as an imperative, you need to add {-'egh} and {-moH} to it.
> 
> {yItam'eghmoH} "cause yourself to be quiet!" is correct; *{yItam} is incorrect.
> 
> This rule was introduced in KGT p. 117. I've seen it violated a number of times in this thread, but no one has mentioned it yet.
> 
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