tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Dec 05 08:11:23 1999
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RE: Quch tlho'jaj!
- From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Quch tlho'jaj!
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 11:14:28 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- References: <CBD6795F70A5D211B2B20008C733321AE0B884@INFINITI2>
ja' quljIb:
>> Quchjaj tlho'jaj!
>
>But it's a toast, so would it not read: {tlho'jaj Quchjaj}?
If you're not saying it with a HIvje' held high, it's not a toast.
It's just a wish, so the "special toast grammar" does not apply.
>IMO, just a simple shout of {tlho'jaj!} works well; it can mean both
>"Thanksgiving Day" and "May [you] be thankful/May there be Thanks" at the
>same time.
vIparbe'.
Of course, pagh's suggestion explicitely assumes that a day can be happy.
I tend to interpret "Have a happy (whatever)" as wishing that the person
being spoken to be happy.
DuQuchmoHjaj tlho'jaj!
But that seems tediously verbose, so I would probably go around saying
tlho'jajmo' yIQuch!
Somehow that doesn't seem nearly as verbose as the other, even though it
is only one syllable shorter.
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh