Cc: b-hebrew Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] About Dagesh's
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:57:57 -0400
Yitzhak,
As you surely know there is a general assertative/irritative/
emphaticness marker in present day colloquial Hebrew. It is the
flowery and highly useful "nu yalla", to be issued in one breath, and
be possibly preceded by an O.K.. Today the King would say O.K., nu
yalla, tazuzu kbar.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Jun 14, 2008, at 3:27 PM, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:
While Testen does
not seem to provide any particular examples of *l with an
imperative, he does
make the case it was a general asseverative/emphaticness marker in
early Semitic languages.