On 10/9/2020 9:42 AM, Will Martin wrote:
“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.
The full exchange was inappropriately clipped in that example, which is why I didn't reply to it here. Vixis: tlhIngan ghaH wa' vub'e'. Klaa: latlh? Vixis: wa' tera'ngan je wa' romuluSngan. Klaa: vaj toDDujDaj ngeHbej DIvI'. Klaa was replying to the news that one of the hostages was a Terran, not that one was a Klingon. In this case, /because of this reason/ could actually be used here if we didn't already have *vaj.* I still find the use of *meqvammo'* 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 *vaj,* 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. ** -- SuStel http://trimboli.name