tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 05 19:01:52 1997
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Re: KLBC: Power Klingon
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- Subject: Re: KLBC: Power Klingon
- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 22:01:13 -0400 (EDT)
ghItlh SuStel:
> Also, {maja'chuqjaj} really isn't used correctly. He's said something
which
> comes out more like "May it be so that we speak!"
(from "The Grammarians Desk", page 53)
[...]After
all, not all uses of {-jaj} are for toasts and the like. Consider
this
sentence from the opening dialogue of the tape:
{maja'chuqjaj}
Can we talk?
This is just daily conversation, not a toast or a
piece of
ritual. This certainly supports the notion that there are
perfectly
mundane uses of {-jaj}, and it seems quite reasonable to conclude
that these would folow normal grammar [...] etc...etc...
So, my question now is, did Qanqor change this thing, or what is about
{maja'chuqjaj} ?
> If he really just wanted to talk, he should have said {maja'chuq}.
{maja'chuq} does just mean "we talk (to each other)". How can it mean "I want
to talk" ?
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