tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 29 12:29:31 2002
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RE: [KLBC] I need help with a sentence
DaQIjta'mo' qatlho' Voragh. naDev reH vIQaHlu'mo' jIDubqu'taH. Satlho'!
Dum'er
At 10:57 29-1-2002 -0600, you wrote:
>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