tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 14 09:33:09 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: chay' (question)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, August 14, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: chay'
>Part of Speech: question
>Definition: how?
Three other question words likewise occur at the beginning of
the sentence. (TKD 69)
"To use {chay'}, make a normal sentence that you want to ask about
the means of, then just tack {chay'} on the beginning." (Qov)
Used in canon:
chay' Haw'pu' yaS
How did the officer flee? TKD
chay' Dochvam vIlo'
What do I do with this? ("How do I use this?") TKD
chay' jura'
What are your orders? ("How do you command us?") TKD & ST6
jIyajHa'. chay' jura'?
[I don't understand. What are your orders? (untranslated)] ST3
chay' Soj vISop
How do I eat the food? CK
chay' nguv
How is (it) tinted? [i.e. What color is it?] KGT
>Additional Notes:
>TKD p. 70: The question word {chay'} 'how?' may be used as a one-word
>sentence meaning 'How did this happen? What happened? What the --?'
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons