On 9/13/2019 9:48 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
Read the following from tkd:
{jay'} "intensely" This word not only intensifies whatever is being said, it turns the whole phrase into an invective. Alone among the adverbials, {jay'} always comes at the end of the sentence. {qaStaH nuq jay'} "What the #$*@ is happening?" {mIch 'elpu' jay'} "They've entered the #$%@ sector!" Now I ask..
A klingon ship is traveling and suddenly picks up the following transmission:
{jabbI'ID bojemchugh, vaj mIch bo'elpu' jay'}
Where does the {jay'} refer ? To the {vaj mIch bo'elpu'} only ? Or to the whole phrase {jabbI'ID bojemchugh, vaj mIch bo'elpu' jay'} ?
Using *jay'* is virtually identical to saying /damn it/ at the end of an English sentence. /If you detect a transmission, then you've entered the sector, damn it!/ To what does the /damn it/ apply? -- SuStel http://trimboli.name