tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 04 16:54:07 1997
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RE: KLBC: -jaj on indefinite subjects
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: -jaj on indefinite subjects
- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 97 22:18:42 UT
[email protected] on behalf of Jason Coyle wrote:
> I was looking to say "May you always be challenged", and I came up with
>
> reH DaqaDlu'jaj
>
> or maybe
>
> DaqaDlu'taHjaj
These are excellent! The first one wishes that you will have challenges to
overcome forever, while the second wishes that you be challenged continuously.
The first one can be considered more "long term" than the second.
> My question: Can -lu' be translated this way with -jaj? I can't think
> of a more "active" way to phrase this, short of *reH qaDmey Danejjaj*
> which isn't quite the same thing.
Your usage was prefect. {-jaj} simply indicates that the *speaker* (not the
subject) wishes whatever the word says.
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