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[ ʂɑn ]
Noun

English: fate, destiny

German: Schicksal

Source: TKD

KLCP Level: 2

Notes

Expanded meaning of "destiny" added from email via Lieven on KLI Mailing list 1/8/2018. 

From Marc Okrand:
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San can be translated as either "fate" or "destiny" (and probably some other things).

For "parallel universe," go with 'u' quq, using quq "happen simultaneously, be simultaneous." quq is okay for "parallel" (in this sense). 

Just as a "parallel universe" can't exist by itself (there has to be a universe -- presumably ours -- that it's parallel to), a "simultaneous universe" can't exist by itself. In both cases, you can refer to one universe at a time -- you don't always have to mention both (or several). 

For "mirror universe," I suggest Dop "be opposite, antithetical, contradictory" (yes, this is a new word).  If they're not making a real distinction between "parallel" and "mirror" (that is, if they're using the words interchangeably), I'd stick with quq

Usage for San
puH
puH (n) land
lonlaw'ta'
lon (v) abandon
-law' (vs6) seemingly, apparently
-ta' (vs7) accomplished, done

yIn
yIn (n) life
yIn (v) live
qa'
qa' (n) spirit, ghost
qa' (v) replace

SanDaj
San (n) fate, destiny
-Daj (ns4) his/hers/its
SaH
SaH (v) be present (not absent)
SaH (v) care (about)
pagh
pagh (conj) either/or (sentences)
pagh (pn) Rachel Andeen
pagh (n) none, nothing, no one
pagh (number) zero

It was as if the spirit of life
Had forsaken the earth,
And no one cared about its fate.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

qeylIS
qeylIS (pn) Kahless
molor
molor (pn) Molor
je
je (conj) also, and (joining nouns)
je (conj) also, too (following a verb)

Sanmaj
San (n) fate, destiny
-maj (ns4) our
chenmoH
chen (v) build up, take form
-moH (vs4) cause
chenmoH (v) form, make, create

tIqDu'raj
tIq (n) heart
-Du' (ns2) plural for body parts
-raj (ns4) your (plural)
HoS
HoS (n) strength, energy, power
HoS (n) amplitude
HoS (v) be strong

Kahless and Molor,
The strength of your hearts
Will decide what is to come.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

qeylIS
qeylIS (pn) Kahless
molor
molor (pn) Molor
je
je (conj) also, and (joining nouns)
je (conj) also, too (following a verb)

Sanmaj
San (n) fate, destiny
-maj (ns4) our
chenmoH
chen (v) build up, take form
-moH (vs4) cause
chenmoH (v) form, make, create

tIqDu'raj
tIq (n) heart
-Du' (ns2) plural for body parts
-raj (ns4) your (plural)
HoS
HoS (n) strength, energy, power
HoS (n) amplitude
HoS (v) be strong

Kahless and Molor,
The strength of your hearts
Will decide what is to come.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

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