[tlhIngan Hol] Who does {-oy} show endearment to
Lieven
levinius at gmx.de
Thu Aug 17 08:19:13 PDT 2017
Am 17.08.2017 um 17:11 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:
> Is there a possibility that person C, in his effort to recreate what
> person A would say, is actually showing endearment too toward person B ?
> Perhaps even if he doesn't want to ?
When I read SuStel's example, I see small children discussing with each
other, and I can't read person C with an ironic tone:
{You can tell your "daddy" that I don't care.}
> But what if we didn't have a "negative" example ? What if instead of the
> {choHIvchugh} we had {choQaHchugh} ? Couldn't it here be possible of an
> endearment being expressed from C, toward the "daddy" of A ?
That would only make sense if they really like the person, like two sons
talking about their common father.
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