tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 15 19:26:54 1999
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Re: Happy belated birthday
- From: TPO <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Happy belated birthday
- Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 22:26:54 -0500
> : I can wish someone a happy birthday by saying <qoSlIj Quchjaj!>.
>
> This should be {Quchjaj qoSlIj} "May your birthday be happy!" {qoS} is the
>subject and must follow the verb {Quch}. {qoS Quch} is the noun phrase "a
>happy birthday", with {Quch} used "adjectivally".
> >>
>
>Here I must respectfully disagree with our Canon Master, Voragh.
>
>This is a wish. Therefore, it is equal to a toast. Toasts' grammar have an
>overriding factor: the syllable {-jaj} must be the final syllable of the
>sentence. (KGT p. 25)
>
>peHruS
Because it is a wish doesn't automaticly make it a toast.
Jack is a man. But that doesn't mean that a man is Jack.
Read all of page 25
If it is given as a toast then yes, -jaj goes at the end.
Most likely this [-jaj] would be spoken as a toast, but that is not absolute.
Instead of "Therefore, it is equal to a toast.", say "If it is a toast..."
DloraH