[Tlhingan-hol] Question words used not in questions

[mayql qunenoS]

> Best to go with 'arHa's (and Okrand's!) advice
> and rephrase it without the original question.

ok, thank you. I will take this into account too.

qunnoq

On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 4:43 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> On 12/30/2015 4:24 AM, Lieven wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>
>
> I find asking a rhetorical question so you can refer to it with another
> sentence to be rather un-Klingon. It also just seems to be substituting
> nouns for {'e'}.
>
> Best to go with 'arHa's (and Okrand's!) advice and rephrase it without the
> original question.
>
> He didn't tell me how he painted the cat.
>
>    vIghro' nguvmoHmeH mIwDaj QIjbe'
>    he does not explain his cat-dyeing process
>
> She didn't tell me why she tickled my dog.
>
>    targhwIj qotlhmeH meqDaj QIjbe'
>    she doesn't explain her targ-ticking reason
>
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