tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 29 11:57:55 2002
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RE: [KLBC] I need help with a sentence
DloraH:
>Do' is "fortunately", not "hopefully".
Dum'er:
: Hm, TKD lists {Do'} as "with luck, luckily". So I thought it could (also)
: be used like "With (any) luck, that won't happen."...
In that case, use the often overlooked verb {Do'} "be fortunate, be lucky"
instead of the adverbial {Do'}. E.g.:
maDo'chugh QeHchoH wa'.
If we're lucky, one will get angry. (CK)
You have a couple of options. You can say as a wish:
jIDo'chugh qaSbe' wanI'vetlh.
If I'm lucky, that (event) won't happen.
qaSbe' wanI'vetlh 'e' vItul.
I hope that (event) won't happen.
or as a statement (perhaps you know something the listener doesn't):
Do' qaSbe' wanI'vetlh.
Fortunately, that (event) won't happen.
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons