tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 03 11:55:57 1996
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Re: Spoken question marks
- From: "Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Spoken question marks
- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 11:55:57 -0700
> The suffix -'a' is the closest equivalent to the above words. It is
> not a dependent word, but it does convert the sentence into a closed
> question.
And of course the Klingon noun suffix -'e' seems to function in the same way as
the Japanese topic-marking particle "wa."
But, please, let's not start insisting that Klingon is Japanese.
It's been my experience that Klingon is varied enough that whatever common or
obscure language you are acquainted with you can probably find some quirk of it
in Klingon. Is that remarkable? I doubt it.
Lawrence
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