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RE: vaj KLBC



[email protected] on behalf of [email protected] wrote:
> In a message dated 97-04-28 04:12:15 EDT, SuStel writes:
> 
> << mu'ghomwIj wa'DIch qI'ta' Okrand, vaj 
>  > vIlo'laHbe'! >>
> 
> TKD p56 indicates {vaj} is an Adverb.  TKW p151 uses it in:  {nuHlIj DawIvpu
> vaj yISuv} and translates {vaj} as "so..."  I can find no instance of 
{vaj}'s
> having been used after a V9.  Can you?  Can you enlighten me on the usage of
> {vaj}, please.

I haven't used {vaj} after a verb with a Type 9 suffix here, but Okrand 
certainly has done it before.  {bIje'be'chugh vaj bIHegh}, and so on.

> We know from TKD that {qI'} means "sign (a treaty)."  How do we know we can
> use it for "sign (a book)?"  Please tell me your source.

It's probably an inappropriate usage of the verb, though that's not certain.  
"Sign (a treaty)" is pretty vague; does it mean "sign something, such as a 
treaty?"  Does it mean "authorize a treaty"?  Does it mean "authorize 
something, such as a treaty"?  We don't really know.  Those parenthesis are 
very vague.

> peHruS
> 
> mataHmeH maSachnIS (TKW p17)

yInlu'taH 'e' bajnISlu'.

-- 
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97327.8


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