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KLBC - of all things: Hair

I've just come home from taking my kids to swimming class.
At one point,  while they were showering,  one was washing his hair but
I couldn't tell if the other had washed his or if it was just wet.

Naturally I thought how to ask  "Did you wash your hair?" in Klingon.


Then,  since neither of them will ever give me a straight answer, I
thought
of his possible responces and how I might emphasize my sentence to
stress different aspects:


jIblij Sayqu''a'
   did you WASH your hair?  (to forestall "I thought you asked if I SOLD
my hair)

jibna'lij Say'a'
   I know this means "did you wash your big hair?",  but could this be
taken as
   did you wash your HAIR?   (to forestall an answer of "I thought you
asked about my FOREHEAD?")

jiblij Say'a' SoH
   did YOU wash your hair?   (to forestall "I thought you asked about
the BIG UGLY GUY in the corner")


Are any of these right?
I'm pretty sure the last two are not.
Is there a simple way to make these distinctions or do they have to be
recast in a more elaborate fashion?


HarnIS

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