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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Beginners Grammar
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Maxim Sonin)
Sat Nov 29 14:05:43 2014
In-Reply-To: <D1D8FA67-A280-4281-B14A-0221BF4EAE16@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 23:05:24 +0400
From: Maxim Sonin <maxim.sonin@gmail.com>
To: "lojmIt tI'wI' nuv" <lojmitti7wi7nuv@gmail.com>
Cc: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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Thank you! Was so afraid to write to the list for the first time
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> Your first guess was a good one. The second guess was the result of
> overthinking.
>
> A question is basically a statement that gets converted into a question b=
y
> replacing a word or phrase or clause expected in the reply with a questio=
n
> word or if the question needs a "yes/no" answer, with the addition of the
> verb suffix {-'a'} or following the statement with {qar'a'?}. Use any one
> of these options. Don't use multiples.
>
> You don't mean, "Why do you cry, yes or no?"
>
> In reply, the question word {qatlh} would be replaced by a dependent
> clause centered around a verb ending in {-mo'}. {Heghmo' SoSwI' jISaQ.}
>
> For a yes/no question, {qar'a'?} is assuming the answer is "yes" and
> asking confirmation. The verb suffix {-'a'} doesn't make an assumption on=
e
> way or the other. It's just asking for information.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Nov 29, 2014, at 1:24 AM, Maxim Sonin <maxim.sonin@gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','maxim.sonin@gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
> I was trying to translated the phrase "Why do you cry?" into klingon and
> found that I don't know how.
>
> Should it be "qatlh bISaQ"
> or "qatlh bISaQ'a'"?
>
> Or some different way?
>
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Thank you! Was so afraid to write to the list for the first time<div><br><b=
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<div>Your first guess was a good one. The second guess was the result of ov=
erthinking.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>A question is basically a statem=
ent that gets converted into a question by replacing a word or phrase or cl=
ause expected in the reply with a question word or if the question needs a =
"yes/no" answer, with the addition of the verb suffix {-'a=
9;} or following the statement with {qar'a'?}. Use any one of these=
options. Don't use multiples.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>You don&#=
39;t mean, "Why do you cry, yes or no?"</div><div><br></div><div>=
In reply, the question word {qatlh} would be replaced by a dependent clause=
centered around a verb ending in {-mo'}. {Heghmo' SoSwI' jISaQ=
.}</div><div><br></div><div>For a yes/no question, {qar'a'?} is ass=
uming the answer is "yes" and asking confirmation. The verb suffi=
x {-'a'} doesn't make an assumption one way or the other. It=
9;s just asking for information.=C2=A0<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><=
br>On Nov 29, 2014, at 1:24 AM, Maxim Sonin <<a href=3D"javascript:_e(%7=
B%7D,'cvml','maxim.sonin@gmail.com');" target=3D"_blank">ma=
xim.sonin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><=
div><p dir=3D"ltr">I was trying to translated the phrase "Why do you c=
ry?" into klingon and found that I don't know how.</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">Should it be "qatlh bISaQ"<br>
or "qatlh bISaQ'a'"?</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">Or some different way?</p>
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