[tlhIngan Hol] The need (not) to express "once more".

[Steven Boozer]

I agree with SuStel, { qIb luche'qa' Sith} is perfect.  I think mayqel is fixated on the “once” in “once more” which doesn’t mean that something happened one and only one time, just that it happened before and now it’s happening again.  “Once again we have a Republican president” – i.e. Republicans and Democrats regularly replace each other in office and now it’s the Republicans’ turn.  (Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose!<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plus_%C3%A7a_change,_plus_c%27est_la_m%C3%AAme_chose>)

--Voragh

From: SuStel
On 4/5/2019 9:07 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:

ok, I re-thought this..



"Once more the Sith will rule the galaxy", and especially the "once more", means that "they have ruled and that they will rule again".



So, the best way to say it would be {pa'logh, qIb luche'pu' sithpu', 'ej tuch, luche'qa'}.



Quoth TKD:

-qa’ resume
Using this suffix implies that an action had been taking place, then it stopped, and then it began again.

qIb luche'qa' Sith.

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SuStel

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