[3543] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Complex sentences and question words
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Mar 2 18:18:25 1994
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From: "Matthew Whiteacre" <mmw8970@zeus.tamu.edu>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 94 17:05:08 CST
On Wed, 2 Mar 1994 17:19:16 -0400 (EST, Kevin Wilson wrote:
>
>SuvwI'pu' quv,
>
> In translating Genesis I came across the sentence "Why did you
>tell me that she is your sister?" Sounds easy enough, but I found that I
>could not decide where to place the question word. According to TKD 6.4,
>the question words nuqDaq, ghorgh, qatlh, and chay' all come at the
>beginning of a sentence. But what about the case of complex sentences?
>According to 6.2.5 a complex sentence in tlhIngan Hol is actually two
>sentences. As I read it, one of the following choices is correct.
>
> (1) qatlh be'nI'lI' ghaH 'e' qaja'ta'
>
> (2) be'nI'lI' ghaH qatlh 'e' qaja'ta'
>
> (3) be'nI'lI' ghaH 'e' qatlh qaja'ta'
>
If you came up to me and said option one, I would try to give you a basic
lesson in biology, explaining that we have the same parents, thus we are
siblings.
According to how I read section 6.2.5, it never states that the pronoun
{'e'} or {net} must be the first word of the sentence. Thus if you used
english puncuation, I would write:
be'nI'lI' ghaH. qatlh 'e' qaja'ta'
Which is a version of your number 2 option.
You might also note that according to section 6.2.5, "In complex sentences
of this type, the second verb never takes an aspect suffix", thus you
should not include the {ta'} on {ja'}
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