SuStel made some pretty good points and suggestions. But if you're looking for a very literal translation that uses *'ar*, I came up with *jIHvaD parmaq 'ar Daghaj? **"How much love do you have for me?"* *ghaj* is probably not the best verb here but unfortunately we don't yet have a verb for "feel an emotion", which is what I'd be inclined to use otherwise. On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 11:25 AM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 9/11/2017 11:17 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
SuStel:
Assuming the answer is not something vague like *a lot,* what > are the possible answers to this question? The form an answer can take will give a hint as to the form the question can take.
This is an interesting point; unfortunately though, the answer which usually comes to mind to the question "how much do you love me ?", is indeed "a lot"..
I don't know.. Maybe perhaps something like {jIHvaD vItlh'a' parmaqlIj ?}. But again, even if this works, it still requires a noun to serve as subject for the {vItlh}.
Assuming we're talking about *parmaq,* this isn't too bad, but it doesn't ask *how much?* Rather, you might ask a question like this: *parmaqmo' jIHvaD nuq Data'qang?** What are you willing to do for me out of romantic-aggressive love?* Or you might ask for a description instead of a quantity: *parmaqlIj yIDel** Describe your love!*
If we're talking about some other kind of love, we have to agree to treat *muSHa'* as meaning *love.* The noun form is *muSHa'ghach.* A person, of course, is *bang.* Then you can say things like *chomuSHa'mo' jIHvaD nuq Data'qang* and *chomuSHa' 'e' yIDel.*
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