<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">In English, the word “surprise” requires context to know whether it’s positive or negative. The only thing it definitely suggests is a lack of expectation of whatever happens. Sometimes also, lack of preparation for whatever happens.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Surprise birthday party. Surprise attack. Surprise scientific discovery.</div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 29, 2019, at 3:05 PM, mayqel qunen'oS <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com" class="">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">ok, I understand so far.<div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">But being on the subject..</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Since english isn't my native language, there's something else I wonder too.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">We have the verb {mer} for "surprise". In english, does the verb "surprise", has an inherent positive or negative meaning ?</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Are both of the following acceptable ?</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">{muQuchmoH be'nalwI', mumerpu'}</div><div dir="auto" class="">my wife surprised me, in order to make me happy</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">{romuluSnganpu' peqmeH tlhInganpu', merpu'}</div><div dir="auto" class="">the klingons surprised the romulans in order to slaughter them</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">- bara'qa'</div></div>
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