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?
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