tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 23 14:54:50 1998
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Re: KLBC Poetry (the child is happy)
- From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC Poetry (the child is happy)
- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 17:53:41 -0500
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