[tlhIngan Hol] Expressing must with imperatives
mayqel qunenoS
mihkoun at gmail.com
Thu Nov 24 10:32:40 PST 2016
bIlugh jupwI' ! bIlughbej !
qunnoH jan puqloD
On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 8:25 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> On 11/24/2016 1:13 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
>
> SuStel:
>
> Why are you trying to come up with the one true way to say these things?
>
> I'm trying to shed bad habits which have accumulated over time, such
> as using {-nIS} to express "must" regardless if it is the right thing
> to do.
>
>
> Remember that the discussion showed no perfect resolution to the issue of
> need/must for -nIS. If you do want to avoid using -nIS to mean must, then
> simply do so, and use whatever other tools are appropriate for a given
> sentence. There is no single tool that is best.
>
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> SuStel
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