[Tlhingan-hol] Beginners Grammar

[Maxim Sonin]

Thank you! Was so afraid to write to the list for the first time


суббота, 29 ноября 2014 г. пользователь lojmIt tI'wI' nuv написал:

> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Nov 29, 2014, at 1:24 AM, Maxim Sonin <maxim.sonin at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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