[tlhIngan Hol] Multiple question words / markers in a sentence
Lieven L. Litaer
levinius at gmx.de
Mon Feb 18 05:28:40 PST 2019
ja' charghwI':
> But when you combine the yes/no question with the
> question word question, you are just being grammatically weird and
> coming up with a story to explain it, apparently expecting the rest of
> us to approve of this and pretend that it’s a useful grammatical thing
> to know for the future as we make up future sentences.
I agree with that. Even though it may sound "logical" in that sentence,
I doubt it's grammatically correct to have a {legh'a' 'Iv}. The -'a'
suffix indicates a yes/no question while the 'Iv requires an answer. In
such a situation, I can see Captain Kirk talking to the M-5 computer who
destroys himself not knowing what to answer to such a question.
{legh'a' 'Iv?} - {HIja'!!}
When giving the English example it's also not a yes/no question any
more: Does he see it? -> Who does see it? and not "Does who see it?"
--
Lieven L. Litaer
aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany"
http://www.klingonisch.de
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