Joining two questions with {pagh}
I am wondering, whether it is actually correct to join two "yes or no" questions with {pagh}. If I write {Sojvam vIpar'a' pagh Sojvam vIparHa''a'} for "do I like this food or do I dislike it ?" Then would it be an acceptable construction ? ~ mayqel *I love maltz" qunen'oS
On 1/4/2019 10:46 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
I am wondering, whether it is actually correct to join two "yes or no" questions with {pagh}.
If I write {Sojvam vIpar'a' pagh Sojvam vIparHa''a'} for "do I like this food or do I dislike it ?"
Then would it be an acceptable construction ?
An oft-asked question to which we do not know the answer. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name
On Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 19:16 mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com wrote:
I am wondering, whether it is actually correct to join two "yes or no" questions with {pagh}.
If I write {Sojvam vIpar'a' pagh Sojvam vIparHa''a'} for "do I like this food or do I dislike it ?"
Then would it be an acceptable construction ?
What are the possible answers to this question? -- De'vID
De'vID:
What are the possible answers to this question?
I honestly don't know. I have asked myself this question too, while I was contemplating this problem, but I couldn't reach a logical conclusion. Asking in english (or greek) "do I like this food or do I dislike it ?", doesn't require/expect a yes or no answer; one will say either "I like it" or "I dislike it". But in the {Sojvam vIpar'a' pagh Sojvam vIparHa''a'} example things are different. We have "yes/no question or yes/no question". So, how is one supposed to answer ? If he replies just a yes/no, then to which of the two joined by the {pagh} questions, does he say the yes or no ? Of course, one could reply by saying {HIja' vIpar}, {ghobe' vIparHa'}, {HIja' vIparHa'}, {ghobe' vIpar}.. But would this mean that we actually *can* use such constructions, or would this be a "cheat" to "klingonize" a greek/english way of asking ? Only qeylIS knows.. Perhaps one day he will let us know too.. Hopefully, before we join the black fleet.. hahaha ~ mayqel *I love maltz* qunen'oS
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