On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 9:37 AM, David Holt <kenjutsuka@live.com> wrote:
The Klingon dictionary is clear that numbers "may stand alone as subjects or objects or they may modify another noun." It is an easy logical leap to treat {'ar} in the same way, but {'ar} is not a type of number and so that may not be allowed.  TKD says only that {'ar} "follows the noun to which it refers." Does anyone know if any canon which uses {'ar} as a stand alone subject or object? What do you think of that use of it and particularly if teaching that use of it?

In Power Klingon, it's apparently used as a standalone *verb*:

"If somehow you find something you are permitted to buy, such as food you can eat right away, you will need to know how to ask only one question: <How much?> {'ar.}"

In its typical use following a noun, I think of {'ar} as an interrogative adjective.

-- ghunchu'wI'