[tlhIngan Hol] Peace.. No peace..

[Alan Anderson]

On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 8:45 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> Obviously this means "what do you want us to do"; but isn't this a
> question as object ?
>
> The standard objection to a "question as object" is when it tries to
translate an English relative pronoun using a Klingon question word:
- I don't know *who* took my chocolate.
- You must learn *how* to prepare dinner for an admiral.
- That bird sings *what* he hears.
None of these fits the grammar of a Sentence As Object.

If a Question As Object actually asks a question, it is not usually a
problem.

-- ghunchu'wI'
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