[tlhIngan Hol] placement of question words with regards to a {-'e'}ed noun

mayqel qunen'oS mihkoun at gmail.com
Mon Apr 27 07:03:09 PDT 2020


I always had the impression, that the question words {chay'} and
{qatlh} *always* come first in a sentence, as follows:

{chay'/qatlh - all kinds of crap which come before the svo  - object
verb subject}

But recently I begun to wonder.. What if we want to ask something
like: "as for (noun), why/how whatever" ? Then what happens ? Do we
write {noun'e' chay'/qatlh whatever} or do we write {chay'/qatlh
noun'e' whatever} ?

If I think in english, then {noun'e' chay'/qatlh whatever} "feels" to
be more correct. But if I think in klingon, then {chay'/qatlh noun'e'
whatever} "feels" better.

Is there an answer to this problem, or is it another "figure it out
with qeylIS" matter ?

~ mayqel qunen'oS
there's an ancient cat hiding in these ruins



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