tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 20 05:12:53 1995
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vaj
- From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger)
- Subject: vaj
- Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 13:20:11
uu> From: ur-valhalla!aol.com!DLS9
uu> Subject: vaj
uu> In TKD, I look at 5.4 and see {vaj} is an adverbial. All places it is
uu> listed in the dictionary it is labeled "(adv)". {vaj} is an adverbial.
uu> Adverbials come at the beginning of a clause. I see nothing that says
uu> anything about adverbials being used to conjoin two independent clause.
uu> {vaj} is translated "so" in some places, and indeed "so" is used as a
uu> coordinating conjunction. But all descriptions and contexts in canon
uu> that I have seen lead me to believe that {vaj} is an adverbial and
uu> cannot take on the coordinational function of "so".
I see {vaj} in this way: If you are using an IF-THEN construction with
{-chugh}, {vaj} is really not necessary. The "then" is not needed in Hol.
{vaj} is used in QED type proofs. "The Klingon is brave. A brave man has an
advantage in combat. A man who has an advantage in combat usually wins.
THUS, a Klingon usually wins." Here, {vaj} would be at the beginning of a
clause (hell, a sentence) the way an adverbial is supposed to be used.
Or did I miss your point entirely?
Qob
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