[tlhIngan Hol] Order of {vaj} relative to the {chay'}

[SuStel]

On 7/9/2019 11:13 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
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> I'll write how I'm understanding this, and correct me if I'm wrong.
>
>
> I know that the cat has drunk the milk, however the bird insists that 
> it still sees it.
>
>
> I want to say to the bird: "I know that the cat has drunk the milk, so 
> how do you see it ?".
>
>
> So I write:
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> {nIm Soppu' vIghro' 'e' vISov, chay' vaj nImvam Dalegh ?}
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>
> At this sentence, the {chay' vaj} "seems" strange, since the english 
> goes "how in that case..", while one would expect to listen "in that 
> case how..".
>
>
> But I think, that writing {chay' vaj..} *is* the correct choice, and 
> that the only "problem" is that the direct english translation sounds 
> strange.
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> Am I right ?
>
*vaj* is an adverbial, and *chay'* is a question word that acts as an 
adverbial. I don't see that there is any obvious preferred order, going 
strictly by the given rules.

I'm not aware of any canon combining *vaj* with another adverbial or 
question word, so we don't have any data to go by. The best we can do is 
speculate.

The English can go either way: /therefore in that case/ or /in that case 
therefore./ We can't go by the "feel" of the English when deciding about 
the Klingon.

Ultimately do whichever you feel is best. There is no definitive answer.

-- 
SuStel
http://trimboli.name

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