tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 23 10:01:50 1998
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Re: KLBC Poetry (the child is happy)
According to David Trimboli:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
> Date: Thursday, January 22, 1998 6:52 PM
> Subject: Re: KLBC Poetry (the child is happy)
>
>
> >edy writes:
> >>ghew HoHpu' puq vaj Quch puq
> >>(The child has killed the bug then she is happy)
> >
> >We haven't seen {vaj} used as a conjunction in canon, unless it's
> >together with {-chugh}. I accept it, but I don't write it that way
> >as often as I use {-mo'} for the same purpose.
>
> How about
>
> nuHlIj DawIvpu', vaj yISuv!
> You have chosen your weapon, so fight! (TKD 151)
The caution that I think needs to be given here, especially to
beginners, is that {vaj} does mean "thus" as a conjunction, but
it does not mean "then" in the sense of, "I did A and then I
did B and then I did C." In both these cases, there is a sense
of cause linking the two clauses. The bug died, thus the child
is happy. You have chosen your weapon for a reason. The reason
is to fight, so fight!
"The targ caught the ball, then ate it," would NOT be a good
use of the word {vaj} as a conjunction.
> SuStel
> Stardate 98061.9
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