[Tlhingan-hol] KLBC: "Which" and uses of question words

[qunnoQ HoD]

{-'e'} QIn ghItlhtaHvIS, {lugh mu'tlhegh nuq ?} mu'tlheghvamvaD 'ej
{nuq 'ej qatlh HIja'} mu'tlheghvamvaD, jISIv. mu'tlhegmey'vam bopojmeH
chIch vIghItlh ! hehehe

'ong ; romuluSngan rur !

qun HoD

On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 12:50 PM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 'arHa:
>> Additionally, can nuq and qatlh stand on their own as they do in {nuq 'ej
>> qatlh HIja'}? My guess is that they can, but I am unsure.
>
> Let's split up the {'ej} and look at what the two parts would mean,
> individually.
>
> {nuq HIja'} - This is a command to tell me something, but it's also a
> question about what it is I'm commanding you to tell me. I wouldn't
> know how to respond to that. The questioner sounds confused. Maybe
> he's really asking one question and giving one command: {nuq choja'?
> Dochvam HIja'chu'!}
>
> {qatlh HIja'} - Again, this is both a command (tell me something) and
> a question (why do I command you to tell me?). It's almost
> contradictory, like the questioner both wants to know something and
> isn't sure why it's something she should know.
>
> --
> De'vID
>
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