'oqranD:

jarlIj qaq nuq?
The answer to the question yIH nuq? ("What is a tribble?") would presumably be a
definition or description of a tribble.  This being the case, then, the answer to the question
jarlIj qaq nuq?  ("What is your preferable month?") would presumably be a definition of "your
favorite month".

According the above, the answer to the {qaq nuq wornagh Sar ?},
wouldn't be "the name of the preferable variety", but "the definition
of the preferable variety".

However, would we have the same problem, if instead of the verb {qaq}
we had another verb ?

If we wrote {DuropmoH nuq wornagh Sar ?} for "which ale variety made
you sick ?", would we have the same problem ? I mean, would this
actually ask for "the definition of the variety which made you sick" ?

*qaq nuq wornagh Sar doesn't seek a definition of the preferable variety; it seeks a definition of the warnog variety. nuq wornagh Sar what is a warnog variety? Phrased the way Okrand does, it is wornagh Sar nuq.

The correct way to say which ale variety made you sick? is DuropmoHpu'bogh HIq Sar yIngu'.

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