[tlhIngan Hol] question words in noun-noun constructions

[Steven Boozer]

Then indirectly:  {Dutlhejbogh mangghom yIngu’!}

Which suggests the riposte:  {nItlhejbogh petaQmey tInuD!}.
Voragh

From: Will Martin

As a side-note, literally trying to translate “You and what army”, or more properly “You and which army” can’t be done directly, since there is no Klingon question word for “which”, and {nuq} only works as a noun, not an adjective in Klingon.



On May 9, 2022, at 9:07 AM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com<mailto:de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com>> wrote:

This reminds me of a common trope, the defiant phrase "You and what army?"
{tuHIv SoH 'Iv je?}, literally, "You and who will attack me?"

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouAndWhatArmy<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouAndWhatArmy__;!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!-6fFLPtFq7qbIhx9AOgzrH2zxSSGg84KLucs9cLcx4GnEa7bawjeGXUqU6zNWF4LPvP4bLA-wg0ZjMY_Azfio-5q2yKubg$>

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