[Tlhingan-hol] Beginners Grammar

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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 by replacing a word or phrase or clause 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'} 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 one way or the other. It's just asking for information. 

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> On Nov 29, 2014, at 1:24 AM, Maxim Sonin <maxim.sonin at 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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