<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Good discussion on this one.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’d like to back up a step, and instead of focusing on which of two ways to use a specific grammatical tool, perhaps I could suggest that you approach your intended meaning via completely different grammar. When I try to understand what you are trying to say, I keep preferring:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">vIghro’lIj vIje’be’chugh, qatlh choQaHQo’?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It just seems simpler and clearer. I agree with SuStel that neither of your versions win anything in style points. I think you are trying to do the right thing with the wrong tool.</div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 18, 2019, at 9:15 AM, mayqel qunenoS <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com" class="">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Seemingly, this is a rather simple thing to be confused about.<br class=""><br class="">Unfortunately though, I *am* confused about it, so I need to ask..<br class=""><br class="">In english/greek we can say:<br class=""><br class="">"Why in order for you to help me, I need to feed your cat ?"<br class="">or<br class="">"In order for you to help me, why do I need to feed your cat ?<br class=""><br class="">When it comes to klingon, which of the following is the correct choice ?<br class=""><br class="">{qatlh choQaHmeH vIghro'lIj vIje'nIS ?}<br class="">{choQaHmeH qatlh vIghro'lIj vIje'nIS ?}<br class=""><br class="">~mayqel *capricorn* qunen'oS<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">tlhIngan-Hol mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org" class="">tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org</a><br class="">http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>