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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Tag questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Fri Dec 30 09:54:14 2016
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From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 14:54:04 +0000
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Yes, {HIja'} or {HISlaH} would both do the trick nicely, and in most situat=
ions would probably sound the most natural.
However, {qar} also makes perfect sense, as the question at play is "Is it =
accurate?"
...and likewise, {wIparHa'} communicates the answer nicely.
{bIlugh} is a bit questionable, because it depends on whether or not you ju=
dge that the person asking the question is actually making a statement. I p=
ersonally think that'd be an appropriate assessment in most cases where {qa=
r'a'} is used, because the asker is usually requesting confirmation for a p=
erceived truth, but I'd still be a bit cautious about it.
I'm more skeptical about {bIqar}, because I'm not convinced that a *person*=
can be accurate or inaccurate; they can *think* or *communicate* statement=
s, which may may or may not be accurate. I personally use {qar} or {teH} to=
refer to statements and {lugh} or {vIt} to refer to people. Canon may show=
me to be wrong down the line, but so far I think this interpretation has h=
eld up.
[This is quite probably a case of native tongue bias; Swedish makes a disti=
nction between statements, which can "be right" ("vara r=E4tt") and people,=
which can "have right" ("ha r=E4tt"). Whether or not Klingon makes this di=
stinction is up to Marc Okrand.]
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From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> on behalf of De'vID=
<de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 14:45
To: tlhIngan-Hol
Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Tag questions
On 30 December 2016 at 14:16, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
> someone asks: {tlhIngan Hol boparHa', qar'a'}.
>
> supposing that the answer is "yes", (because if it wasn't "yes" we wouldn=
't
> be here), then how do we answer ?
>
> a. HIja'
> b. bIqar
> c. bIlugh
> d. all of the above
See TKD section 6.4:
<Yes/no questions are formed with the Type 9 suffix {-'a'} added to
the verb. Examples are given in section 4.2.9. Appropriate answers to
yes/no questions are:
{HIja'} or {HISlaH} yes
{ghobe'} no>
--
De'vID
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