tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 03 22:14:04 2004
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Re: Klingon WOTD: ngu' (v)
ja' Voragh:
>Note how {ngu'} is used where we would use a relative pronoun (e.g. which,
>where, what) in English:
>
> Similarly, if a Klingon wants to know something, he or she may
> simply demand that the information be given. For example, a common
> way to say "Which weapon do you want?" is not as a question at all
> but instead as a command: {nuH DaneHbogh yIngu'!} (literally,
> "Identify the weapon that you want!"). [KGT 105]
Actually, it's the {-bogh} suffix that carries the meaning of an English
relative pronoun. {yIngu'} merely provides a common way of making a
command out of the idea, rather than a question.
-- ghunchu'wI'