Am 22.02.2019 um 20:12 schrieb SuStel:
On 2/22/2019 2:07 PM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
So, I think that choosing to ask by saying {qatlh pa' jIHnIS} or {qatlh pa' jIHnIStaH} is a valid option.
I don't like using too many suffixes on a pronoun either. So I would also suggest using averb. Using verbs is always good in Klingon, no matter how. If I needed to translate sucha thing, I would use a verb, and go like {qatlh pa' jIHtaH net poQ/ra'/thlob?} or even, depending on context: {qatlh pa' jIratlhnIS?} and so on Isn't there anyone here who speaks arabic, or a different languages that has not to-be verb? That would interesting to find out how they do that.
I prefer to use *-taH* when I'm talking about a movable object that may just happen to be somewhere at the moment, but not to use *-taH* when the object is fixed.
I also follow that system. (maybe even following your "suggestion" many years ago.)
But this is not an official rule and cannot be consistently demonstrated in the canon.
Indeed not constantly, but at least we have {nuqDaq 'oH Qe' QaQ'e'} vs {pa'Daq jIHtaH}, which is a good basis to follow. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/StarTrekDiscovery