6 Oct
2020
6 Oct
'20
8:24 a.m.
On 10/6/2020 11:13 AM, Lieven L. Litaer wrote:
ST3: Valkris: Qu'vaD lI' net tu'bej. "You will find it useful." Kruge: vaj Daleghpu'. "Then you have seen it?"
ST5: tlhIngan ghaH wa' vub'e'. "One of the hostages is a Klingon." [...] vaj toDDujDaj ngeHbej DIvI'. "That means the Federation will be sending a rescue ship of its own."
In both cases, {vaj} is a conclusion, it never means the same as {meqvammo'}, which focusses on a given reason to do something.
Good examples. *vaj* can spring from a concept that isn't a reason for whatever follows the *vaj.* -- SuStel http://trimboli.name