tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 12 13:26:53 1997

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Re: Statements and questions



According to Scott Murphy:
> 
> Statements cannot be asked as questions?
> 
> Scott
 
In English, you can use vocal inflection or written punctuation
to convert a statement into a question. This is not the same
thing as "asking a statement". Furthermore, in Klingon, these
devices will not convert a statement into a question. You get
the same function from adding {qar'a'?} to the end of a
statement. At that point, the statement is no longer a
statement. The sentence as a whole, at that point, becomes a
question.

Questions can be asked. Statements can be stated. You can't ask
a statement. If you are asking it, then it is not a statement.

charghwI'


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