[tlhIngan Hol] Placement of the qatlh

[Lieven L. Litaer]

Am 18.02.2019 um 16:22 schrieb SuStel:
>> There's a difference between "I ask why I was chosen." and "I ask: why 
>> was I chosen?"
> 
> Not in Klingon. Much has been made of "direct quotations" by certain 
> people, but Klingon happily uses so-called direct quotations where 
> English will use so-called "indirect quotations."

What I mean is when I write "I tell you why I ate the pie" it means that 
I am going to tell you the reason for eating the pie. If I write "I tell 
you 'why I ate the pie'" it only means that I'm going to speak the words 
"why I ate the pie".

So you would agree if I say things like

{qatlh HoD HoH 'e' vISov}
"I know why he killed the captain"

or avoiding the QAO-Problem:

{qatlh HoD HoH jIja'}
"I tell why he killed the captain."

{chay' Duj chenmoHlu' 'e' vISov}
"I know how the ship is constructed."

??

PS: I'm really just talking about an interesting topic. No offense intended.


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Lieven L. Litaer
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