[Tlhingan-hol] Use of {net}

[Felix Malmenbeck]

> qatlh DujlIj'e' nIHta' ra'wI' net SIv

I don't believe this is correct; I read it as "One wonders if the commander has stolen your ship for what reason?"
I believe the only example we have of a question being used as an object is {nuq Datlhutlh DaneH?}, and here it's important to note that the whole two-sentence construction is also a question. "I know you want to drink, but what?"

For "One wonders why the commander has stolen your ship.", I'd go with something like {DujlIj nIHta'meH ra'wI' meq SIvlu'.} ("One wonders of the motivation for the commander to steal your ship."). However, as Qov mentions, one should be sure one truly means for the wonderers to be unspecified; in English, "one" is sometimes used as an alternative for "I", "we" or "you", but this tendency need not have a parallel in Klingon.

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Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] Use of {net}

I've been thinking about the use of net in a sentence.

The Klingon Dictionary has this to say about net:-

When the verb of the second sentence has a third-person subject (that is, the pronominal prefix is 0) but the intended meaning is one or someone, rather than he, she, it, or they, net is used instead of 'e'.

The Klingon Dictionary uses {net} in two example sentences:-

qama'pu' DIHoH net Sov - One knows we kill prisoners

Qu'vaD lI' net tu'bej One certainly finds it useful for the mission

I wonder. What other uses have you found for net in a sentence?

Would you, for instance, use qatlh DujlIj'e' nIHta' ra'wI' net SIv One wonders why the Commander stole your ship

or jagh Suvlu'DI' net taj jej lo'nIS; jagh HoSghaj Suvlu'DI' net to' jej lo'nIS When fighting an enemy, one must use a sharp blade; when fighting a powerful enemy, one must use sharp tactics perhaps?

Tell me how you have used it, or why you have avoided it.
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