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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">“So let it be written; so let it be done.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Alan Anderson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 30, 2020 11:42 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sep 30, 2020, at 9:37 AM, mayqel qunen'oS <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SoS tu'lu', 'ej bIghHa'Daq ghaHtaH puqloDDaj'e'. puqloDDaj jonHa'meH<br>
voDleH, voDleH qoy'choH SoS, 'ej tagha' Qochbe' voDleH, vaj jatlh:<br>
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"may your request be granted".<br>
mu'tlheghvam wImughmeH, maqon: {qaSjaj chaballIj}. lugh'a' {-jaj} lo'vam ?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t understand the question. Of <i>course</i> <b>-jaj</b> is appropriate when expressing a desire for something to happen in the future. That’s what it
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<p class="MsoNormal">The only way I can see for you to be confused about it is if you think “may your request be granted” means the same thing as “your request is granted.” I
<i>have</i> encountered similar phrases using ”let” instead of “may”. They’re both “permission” words, but I only know “let” for the equivalent of a third-person imperative.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">At <b>qep'a' wejDIch</b>, Marc Okrand gave a brief speech in Klingon before the Cabaret. He ended with
<b>taghjaj Qujmey</b>, and translated it as <i>Let the games begin!</i> That’s a bit of evidence in favor of using
<b>-jaj</b> for the kind of idea that you might be asking about.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-- ghunchu'wI'<o:p></o:p></p>
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