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Re: KLBC Poetry (the child is happy)



ghItlh SuStel
>ghItlh Qov
>>We haven't seen {vaj} used as a conjunction in canon, unless it's
>>together with {-chugh}.  I accept it, but I don't write it that way
>>as often as I use {-mo'} for the same purpose.
>
>How about
>
>nuHlIj DawIvpu', vaj yISuv!
>You have chosen your weapon, so fight!  (TKD 151)

And:
De'vetlh vIQoy, vaj jIQuch
I am happy to hear that information  (KGT 148)

I don't like this construction either; it seems too much of a translation
of English using "so" as a conjunction.  {vaj} is an *adverb*, not a
conjunction.  But due to all this canon, I'll just have to grin and bear
it.
Qapla'
qoror


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