tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 26 10:20:35 2007
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Re: nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'?
Voragh:
> > The way I read this is that pronoun-as-verb statements of location require
> > {-taH} on the pronoun, but questions of location (i.e. those with {nuqDaq}
> > "where?}) do not. Whether the location is temporary or permanent seems to
> > be irrelevant.
Qang qu'wI':
>(unless I missed it) the canon examples appear to leave open how to
>ask about a specific location, i.e:
> {pa'DajDaq ghaH'a' HoD'e'}
>vice
> {pa'DajDaq ghaHtaH'a' HoD'e'}
>Any thoughts?
Short answer: I don't know which is preferred. I searched my notes and
could find NO examples of either interrogative pattern, with or without
{-taH}.
But, although I would certainly say {pa'DajDaq ghaHtaH'a' HoD'e'}, the
{nuqDaq [PRONOUN] [NOUN]'e'} examples I cited earlier do give one
pause. Is {-taH} omitted from the pronoun-as-verb because {nuqDaq}
expressions are exceptions to the general rules of Klingon syntax, or is it
because the location is vague or in question? (I.e. How can something
"continue" to be located somewhere if that location has not been actually
been established in the first place?)
P.S. Interestingly, I could find only two examples of the interrogative
suffix {-'a'} on a pronoun-as-verb in the entire corpus:
tlhIngan SoH'a'
Are you a Klingon? CK
tera'ngan SoH'a'
Are you a Terran? CK
I know that these examples are asking about identity, not location, but
it's curious that there are so few examples of the pronoun-as-verb plus the
interrogative.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons