tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 16 12:46:06 1999
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RE: Happy belated birthday
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Happy belated birthday
- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 13:48:34 -0700
jatlh peHruS:
>>>>>
In a message dated 2/12/1999 9:03:20 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<<
: I can wish someone a happy birthday by saying <qoSlIj Quchjaj!>.
This should be {Quchjaj qoSlIj} "May your birthday be happy!" {qoS} is the
subject and must follow the verb {Quch}. {qoS Quch} is the noun phrase "a
happy birthday", with {Quch} used "adjectivally".
>>
Here I must respectfully disagree with our Canon Master, Voragh.
This is a wish. Therefore, it is equal to a toast. Toasts' grammar have an
overriding factor: the syllable {-jaj} must be the final syllable of the
sentence. (KGT p. 25)
>>>>>
A wish is NOT the same thing as a toast. A toast is a wish expressed,
usually in company, with a HIvje' raised in the air, followed by a drink.
The word "toast" has a very specific cultural meaning, and I am not willing
to drastically expand it to mean *all* uses of <-jaj>.
pagh
Beginners' Grammarian