Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"

Patrick Dunn wrote:
>
> 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.
>
I see. It's all crystal clear now. Thanks, now if someone asks me what
the t in islamt means, I can tell them! HOHOHOH!
> >
> > ptak-ptak islamt iflist!
> >
> > No way THAT could be considered an Americanism.
> >
> > --
> > Robert
> >
>
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