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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Beginners Grammar

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<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Your first guess was a good one. The second guess was the result of overthinking.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>A question is basically a statement that gets converted into a question by replacing a word or phrase or clause expected in the reply with a question word or if the question needs a "yes/no" answer, with the addition of the verb suffix {-'a'} or following the statement with {qar'a'?}. Use any one of these options. Don't use multiples.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>You don't mean, "Why do you cry, yes or no?"</div><div><br></div><div>In reply, the question word {qatlh} would be replaced by a dependent clause centered around a verb ending in {-mo'}. {Heghmo' SoSwI' jISaQ.}</div><div><br></div><div>For a yes/no question, {qar'a'?} is assuming the answer is "yes" and asking confirmation. The verb suffix {-'a'} doesn't make an assumption one way or the other. It's just asking for information.&nbsp;<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Nov 29, 2014, at 1:24 AM, Maxim Sonin &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p dir="ltr">I was trying to translated the phrase "Why do you cry?" into klingon and found that I don't know how.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Should it be "qatlh bISaQ"<br>
or "qatlh bISaQ'a'"?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Or some different way?</p>
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