[tlhIngan Hol] Tag questions

[Felix Malmenbeck]

Yes, {HIja'} or {HISlaH} would both do the trick nicely, and in most situations would probably sound the most natural.

However, {qar} also makes perfect sense, as the question at play is "Is it accurate?"
...and likewise, {wIparHa'} communicates the answer nicely.

{bIlugh} is a bit questionable, because it depends on whether or not you judge that the person asking the question is actually making a statement. I personally think that'd be an appropriate assessment in most cases where {qar'a'} is used, because the asker is usually requesting confirmation for a perceived truth, but I'd still be a bit cautious about it.

I'm more skeptical about {bIqar}, because I'm not convinced that a *person* can be accurate or inaccurate; they can *think* or *communicate* statements, which may may or may not be accurate. I personally use {qar} or {teH} to refer to statements and {lugh} or {vIt} to refer to people. Canon may show me to be wrong down the line, but so far I think this interpretation has held up.

[This is quite probably a case of native tongue bias; Swedish makes a distinction between statements, which can "be right" ("vara rätt") and people, which can "have right" ("ha rätt"). Whether or not Klingon makes this distinction is up to Marc Okrand.]

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From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces at lists.kli.org> on behalf of De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 14:45
To: tlhIngan-Hol
Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Tag questions

On 30 December 2016 at 14:16, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> someone asks: {tlhIngan Hol boparHa', qar'a'}.
>
> supposing that the answer is "yes", (because if it wasn't "yes" we wouldn't
> be here), then how do we answer ?
>
> a. HIja'
> b. bIqar
> c. bIlugh
> d. all of the above

See TKD section 6.4:
<Yes/no questions are formed with the Type 9 suffix {-'a'} added to
the verb. Examples are given in section 4.2.9.  Appropriate answers to
yes/no questions are:
    {HIja'} or {HISlaH} yes
    {ghobe'} no>

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