I understand that when experts talk, they have the tendency to explain things in a way, simple people are unable to understand. but because a conclusion (which simple people will be able to understand), must come out of all this, I will ask again : Are the following correct ? question word {sentence 1 'e' sentence 2} = acceptable if the result is a question, asking about the entire {sentence 1 'e' sentence 2}. {sentence 1 question word 'e' sentence 2} = acceptable if the result is a question, asking about sentence 2. question word {sentence 1 neH} = acceptable if the result is a question, asking about the entire {sentence 1 neH}. {sentence 1 question word neH} = acceptable if the result is a question, asking about the {neH}. from this entire thread I understand, that there is no problem placing a question word anywhere in a SAO, as long as the resulting construction functions / is to be interpreted as a question. If this conclusion is wrong, someone do correct me. mIv mop je Hurgh qunnoq On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 12:33 PM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
On 14 July 2016 at 10:41, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
I think the Klingon sentence is exactly "you want that when do you drink?" That sounds unnatural in Klingon, but only because English doesn't make it clear what the "when" applies to in a sentence with multiple verbs, and Klingon does.
[I meant "sounds unnatural in *English*" of course.]
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