[Tlhingan-hol] Question on Reason Clauses

[Robyn Stewart]

Your way is really good..

People want to try and force the word qatlh in there, but that is because in English the word “why” is both a question word and a subordinate conjunction.  In Klingon qatlh only asks a question, so if you aren’t asking a question it has no place in the sentence. 

You could use a rhetorical question:  qatlh DaHoHta’? vISov jIH. But I think your way is better, don’t you?

- Qov



 

From: Chelsea Knauf [mailto:chelsea.knauf at gmail.com] 
Sent: August 27, 2015 13:26
To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] Question on Reason Clauses

 

I'm trying to figure out how to translate "I know why you killed him".

 

{DaHoHta'.  meqlIj vISov}?  "You killed him; I know your motive".  Is there another way to say this?

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