<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="">While I understand that it’s common in English and perhaps other human languages to answer a “Why?” question with a dependent clause starting with “Because”, I’m curious as to whether or not we can assume the same is true in Klingon.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Likely, this is less of a grammar question than a cultural one, since it’s obvious that you CAN do it. The question is more whether a native Klingon speaker (in the imaginary world where they exist) would receive such an answer with aplomb, or whether it would raise eyebrows and sideways glances, like walking up to someone working at a desk, putting out your hand for a handshake, yelling, {nuqneH!}</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">One complete sentence version would be:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">{ja’chuqtaHvIS loDqoqpu’, jatlhlaHba’ *SIparta’ngan* be’.}</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And no, I don’t expect anyone to agree with me.</div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 17, 2020, at 11:16 AM, mayqel qunen'oS <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com" class="">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div id="d_1605629779905" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div style="font-size: 9pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">300 much 'ay':</div><br class=""><div style="font-size: 9pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">fse:</div><br class=""><div style="font-size: 9pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">- persian: what makes this woman think she can speak among men.</div><div style="font-size: 9pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">- leonidas wife: because only spartan women give birth to real men.</div><br class=""><div style="font-size: 9pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">tlh:</div><br class=""><div style="font-size: 9pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">- persian: ja'chuqtaHvIS loD, jatlhlaH je be'vam qatlh 'e' Har ?</div><div style="font-size: 9pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">- leonidas be'nal: loDpu'na' boghmoHmo' sparta be'pu' neH.</div><br class=""><div style="font-size: 9pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">~ Dana'an</div><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">tlhIngan-Hol mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="mailto:tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>