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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On Feb 18, 2019, at 09:15, mayqel qunenoS <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com"><mihkoun@gmail.com></a> wrote:
When it comes to klingon, which of the following is the correct choice ?
{qatlh choQaHmeH vIghro'lIj vIje'nIS ?}
{choQaHmeH qatlh vIghro'lIj vIje'nIS ?}
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/18/2019 9:30 AM, Jeffrey Clark
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Interesting question. Both of those Klingon sentences make sense to me. I think that {qatlh} should go at the head of the whole sentence as usual, since the -meH clause is just a clause rather than a stand-alone sentence itself; and qatlh in the middle just looks… odd… to me intuitively.
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<p>Except I would expect the <b>qatlh</b> to go at the beginning of
the <i>clause</i> of which it is a part, not the sentence as a
whole. I see subordinate and purpose clauses as less closely
connected to the main clause, and not actually a part of it —
they're different clauses.</p>
<p>Imagine you instead asked, <i>Why do I need to feed your cat if
I help you?</i></p>
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<p><b>qaQaHchugh, qatlh vIghro'lIj vIje'nIS?<br>
qatlh vIghro'lIj vIje'nIS, qaQaHchugh?</b></p>
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<p>I think mayqel's comprehension problem comes from the fact that
he uses parenthetical phrases <i>a lot,</i> and he's trying to do
it here.</p>
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<p><b>qatlh — qaQaHmeH — vIghro'lIj vIje'nIS?</b></p>
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<p>As a bit of extemporaneous explanation this would be just fine,
but do too much of that and your high school teachers will start
marking you off for poor style.<br>
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