On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 10:05 AM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:

Now, if someone wants to pull up a few instances of -nIS being used where an agency is imposing an action and consequences of failure on the subject, and not just instances where the English translation uses must, I'll be happy to revise my opinion.

I thought of one such example immediately, but I didn't respond because I expected it to have been in the list presented by André. Now that I've had time to read the rest of the thread, I see he didn't include it.

From Conversational Klingon: {vagh rep bImejnIS} "Check­out time is 5 am."

That certainly counts as an imposed requirement, even if a penalty for noncompliance is not explicitly stated.

There's also {lupwI' DalIghnIS} "You must ride the jitney." I think it too is a relevant example, but I can accept someone disagreeing with that assessment..

-- ghunchu'wI'