tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 25 01:51:37 1997
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RE: KLBC: Trying
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Trying
- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 97 00:24:21 UT
[email protected] on behalf of Mark Beal wrote:
> >The question words {chay'}, {qatlh}, and {ghorgh} always come at the
> >beginning
> >of a sentence.
>
> I thought the question marker was placed over where the subject or object
> should be in the sentence. So, if you where asting about the subject, you
> put the "chay'" or what ever, in the subject's place. And the same with the
> object. is this not correct?
Reread TKD 6.4. For {'Iv} and {nuq}, the question word acts like that.
{chay'} is one of the words which always come at the beginning.
> >chay' tlhIngan Hol boghojchoH?
> >How did all of you begin to speak Klingon?
>
> >> (answers in klingon, only if easy, in english otherwise. :) )
>
> >hmmm . . .
> >jIqawchu'be'.
> >paq vItu'.
> >vIje'.
> >qaStaHvIS wa' DIS vIlaDbe'.
> >paqghomwIjDaq tlhIngan Hol mu'ghom vItu'.
> >vIlaD.
> >Daj 'e' vIQub, vaj Hol vIHaDchoH.
> >tugh tlhIngan Hol yejHaD vItu'.
>
> HHHHHmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.. ?:-/
bIvum 'e' yImevQo'.
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