tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 26 02:54:49 1998
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Re: KLBC Poetry (the child is happy)
>> 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.
>
>charghwI'
How would you express doing A then later doing B?
(When the targ had caught the ball, it ate it)
In this case how could you express doing A then B then C?
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