tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 03 14:54:42 2003
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Re: Question
ghel Jennifer Kalel:
>How do I say "question" in tlhIngan-Hol?
Unfortunately there is no noun meaning "question" in Klingon, but there are
two verbs you can use: {yu'} "question, interrogate" and {ghel} "ask (a
question)".
Use the first when you want to question (i.e. interrogate) someone. E.g.:
DIvI' qama'pu' yu' neH Qugh.
Kruge wanted to question the Federation prisoners.
Use the second when you want to ask a question. We don't have any examples
of Okrand using {ghel}, but it probably works like {jang} "answer, reply"
and other verbs of speech. E.g.:
ghel Qugh <<nuqDaq chaH DIvI' qama'pu''e'?>>
Kruge asked, "Where are the Federation prisoners?"
or
<<nuqDaq chaH DIvI' qama'pu''e'?>> ghel Qugh.
"Where are the Federation prisoners?" Kruge asked.
So instead of saying, for example, "I have a question: What is that word?",
you would say
jIghel vIneH <<mu'vetlh 'oH nuq'e'?>>
I want to ask: "What is that word?"
--
Voragh "Damage control is easy. Reading
Klingon--that's
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons hard!" (Montgomery Scott to
Kirk, STIV)