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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/9/2020 9:42 AM, Will Martin
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:AD7027E8-4BB6-4690-A751-F4709EE6C952@mac.com">“One of
the hostages is a Klingon” is not a reason the Federation will be
sending a rescue ship of its own. The Klingon is probably an
exception to the reason the Federation is sending the rescue ship.
They probably wouldn’t specifically seek to rescue a Klingon, but
they would send a rescue ship for the others. Still, given the
context that there are federation people among the hostages, one
can conclude that the Federation will be sending a rescue ship.</blockquote>
<p>The full exchange was inappropriately clipped in that example,
which is why I didn't reply to it here.</p>
<p>Vixis: tlhIngan ghaH wa' vub'e'.<br>
Klaa: latlh?<br>
Vixis: wa' tera'ngan je wa' romuluSngan.<br>
Klaa: vaj toDDujDaj ngeHbej DIvI'.</p>
<p>Klaa was replying to the news that one of the hostages was a
Terran, not that one was a Klingon. In this case, <i>because of
this reason</i> could actually be used here if we didn't already
have <b>vaj.</b></p>
<p>I still find the use of <b>meqvammo'</b> extremely clumsy,
however. It often doesn't make sense until you squint at a
sentence long enough to realize that something has been presented
as a reason for something else. With <b>vaj,</b> on the other
hand, you don't have to recognize something as a reason. You just
have the cue that the sentence is a conclusion of some sort.<br>
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