<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
</head>
<body>
<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; ">
Even if we are never shown any other punctuation on screen, I think the wording of your statement is misleading. The marks are not actually a comma and a period. I would say that pIqaD has two punctuation marks: One for separating sentences and one for separating
ideas within a sentence. English punctuation marks can be divided into these two groups, but we have multiple choices in the sentence separating group.<br>
<br>
</div>
<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; ">
What I want to avoid is the idea that when translating a question, we don't say, well you have to end the question with a period because Klingon only has periods. English also does not have an interrogative suffix; things are going to be slightly different
in the two languages. If the Klingon uses a question word or the -'a' verb suffix, then the English should use a question mark even though Klingon only has one type of sentence ending mark. Similarly with exclamation marks on exclamations.<br>
<br>
</div>
<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; ">
If writing in Okrandian transcription, I would actually accept periods on questions and exclamations, though since you are using the Roman character set, it's a shame not to use the variety of punctuation marks available where appropriate.<br>
<br>
</div>
<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; ">
janSIy (Jeremy, not David)<br>
<br>
</div>
<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; ">
<span id="OutlookSignature">
<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; ">
Get <a href="https://aka.ms/ghei36">Outlook for Android</a></div>
</span><br>
</div>
<hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%" tabindex="-1">
<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> on behalf of mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 29, 2020 7:40:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> tlhIngan Hol mailing list <tlhingan-hol@kli.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [tlhIngan Hol] If pIqaD became Ca'Non..</font>
<div> </div>
</div>
<div class="BodyFragment"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">
<div class="PlainText">I just thought of something interesting..<br>
<br>
If pIqaD ever became Ca'Non, with the usual community-approved way by<br>
which things become Ca'Non, then perhaps that would mean that..<br>
<br>
Klingon has place for no other punctuation except periods and commas,<br>
since these are the only punctuation signs for which there are pIqaD<br>
symbols.<br>
<br>
~ mayqel qunen'oS<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
tlhIngan-Hol mailing list<br>
tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org<br>
<a href="http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org">http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org</a><br>
</div>
</span></font></div>
</body>
</html>