KLBC: Re: Saj von Suq Qa'Hom cha'DIch'e'

["Sean Healy" <sangqar@hotmail.com>]

>qagh Suqjaj vem'eq 'eq 'ach Saj von Suq Qa'Hom cha'DIch'e'

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>What I was trying to translate is:
>"The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese"

I thought {-jaj} was used to express something the speaker wished would 
happen.  I have often seen it used as above, however, and while both can be 
translated 'may' in English, I would have said something like:

chaq qagh Suq vem'eq ...

Do we have canon examples which use {-jaj} to express both uses (i.e., 'may' 
as in 'might/could/perhaps/maybe' and 'may' as in 'let this thing happen').

I ask because it seems to me that the English sentences 'May the early bird 
get the worm' and 'The early bird may get the worm' express very different 
ideas.

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