tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 07 11:20:43 2011
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RE: mu'tlheghvam yIlughmoH
> Are there any canon examples of a question as object as you propose here?
> Typically, {'e'} represents a sentence, not the answer or response to a sentence,
> which is what you are suggesting.
MO said in HolQeD 7:2 (June 1998):
> I'll return on another occasion to the question of whether the sentence
> preceding the 'e' in such sentences can be a question.
http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=1998-06-holqed-07-2.txt&get=source
...but on May 28, 1998, DloraH wrote:
> The first one I nailed him with was our lovely QAO. Uh-oh. You can not
> use a "question" as an object; but... it is not known yet if Klingon
> question words can act as one of those relative things, uh, relative
> pronoun is it? You guys know what I'm refering to. So basicly we didn't
> really get anywhere with this one yet. The safest thing for now would be
> to recast if possible.
http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=1998-05-28-email.txt&get=source
Not sure if the HolQeD article was actually written before that statement by DloraH.
> nuq 'oS {'o'meH}. {o'megh} DaghItlh 'e' DaHechpu''a'
HIvqa' veqlargh. bIlugh.
> tlhingan Hol ghItlhtaH Hogh wa'DichwIj ('oH)?
My first week -> HoghwIj wa'DIch
(only type-5 noun suffixes can follow adjectivally used verbs)
However, that sentence doesn't really work (-taH can't be used in this way), so I'd probably go with
wa' Hogh ret tlhIngan Hol vIghItlhchoH. {One week ago I start writing Klingon.}
Also, thanks for shedding a lot of light on lu- and lugh, Voragh. I've actually been wondering a whole lot about [lu]tu'lu'.