[Tlhingan-hol] Question words used not in questions

[Lieven]

Am 30.12.2015 um 08:13 schrieb John R. Harness:
> Great question. The basic answer is no, you shouldn't phrase things that
> way in Klingon.

This problem has been called "Question as Object", compared to the 
"Sentence as object", in a round table discussion in HolQeD. It was me 
who asked that question many years ago.

Sometimes you still can use those words, but say it in two sentences:

Do not say {qatlh bIghung 'e' vISov vIneH} but say {vay' vISov vIneH: 
qatlh bIghung?}

"I want to see how a ship is built":
chay' Duj chenmoHlu'? mIwvam vIyaj vIneH.

There are many simple ways to avoid QAO.


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