[tlhIngan Hol] suffix {-jaj} with imperatives

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Thu Jan 20 06:58:37 PST 2022


On 1/20/2022 9:29 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
> It's like saying to someone "you want to go to leave the room?" 
> (question), and "you *want* to leave the room", stressing the "want". 
> So then it isn't a question anymore but something else. A statement 
> perhaps? Maybe even a threat (given the right context)?

I'm speaking of linguistic moods, not intention. /Pass the salt/ is an 
imperative, whether you boldly command it /(Pass the salt!)/ or meekly 
ask /(Pass the salt?)./

By the way, here's a clip of someone saying /You want to leave this 
room/ as a statement. The stress is on /leave:/ 
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/0f19c8d1-a8f7-427e-b059-e18b552962f6

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SuStel
http://trimboli.name
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