Am 05.09.2017 um 14:32 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:
Would you accept the word {ghelwI'} for "question" ?
Am 05.09.2017 um 14:47 schrieb André Müller:
No. I would understand it as a person who is asking.
Exactly. Same for {jangwI'}.
But I've always been struggling a bit when in need for a word meaning 'question'. The best I could come up with is: {mu'tlhegh ghellu'bogh}, lit. 'sentence that someone asks'.
And even in this case, it sounds like somebody is stating a question TO the sentence, so expecting the sentence to give an answer. You "ask" a person, not a phrase. If you insist using a noun phrase, I sugest turing that around, i.e. {ghelbogh mu'tlhegh} "asking sentence".
It's better to find another expression, perhaps only involving the verb {ghel} 'to ask'.
Yes, indeed. Klingon is action-related. Don't say "I have a question", but say "I want to ask". There is nothing wrong with that, and it usually works: {jIghel vIneH}. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka Quvar valer 'utlh Grammarian of the KLI http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher http://www.klingonwiki.net