Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"

On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Robert Hailman wrote:

> Patrick Dunn wrote:
> >
> > ptak-ptak islamt iflist
> > Have a nice day.
> >
> > Pronounced:
> >
> > ptak-tak izlant ivlist
> >
> > ptak -- to take, to give, redup. imperative
> > slam -- day -- i-slam-t ACC-slam-DEF
> > flis -- good, nice, pretty, happy, joyful
> >
>
> Sounds fun. I'm not clear what DEF stands for, though. Could you clear
> it up for me?
Yay.  Someone asked.  *grins*  It means that the noun is definite -- it's
something like a definite article.

>
> ptak-ptak islamt iflist!
>
> No way THAT could be considered an Americanism.
>
> --
> Robert
>

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