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Re: Question in Klingon

David Trimboli ([email protected])

• From: David Trimboli <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Question in Klingon
• Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:54:01 -0400
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André Müller wrote:
> Dear all,
> I've been racking my brains, dictionaries and Hamlet what might be the
> Klingon word best suitable for the meaning "question, request" (also
> possible are: "invitation, demand"). There are enough verbs to express this,
> but I couldn't find any noun even close to this...
> Does anyone have an idea?

The usual answer to this is: don't express it as a noun; express it as a 
verb. The usual follow-up to this is: tell us the full context of what 
you're trying to say, so we can better advise you. Don't ask us to 
translate words in a contextual vacuum.

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