tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 27 16:12:05 1998
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KLBC: question types
- From: [email protected] (Christiane Scharf)
- Subject: KLBC: question types
- Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 01:10:53 +0100
TKD says there are two types of questions:
a) yes/no-questions: the verb suffix {-'a'} is required, e. g. {yaS
qIp'a'}
b) questions with a special interrogative: no {-'a'} required, e. g.
{qatlh yaS qIp}
This is clear, but how about questions like:
"Did he hit the officer or the child?"
This is neither a yes/no-question nor does it have an interrogative. So,
do I need the {-'a'}?
{yaS puq ghap qIp}/{yaS puq ghap qIp'a'}
I don't like the first one. It's not clear that it is a question.
Maybe {yaS puq ghap qIp. 'Iv qIp?} - "He hit the officer or the child.
Whom did he hit?" would be better.
How can I say it the best way?
HovqIj