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erutan2099
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on: October 31, 2015 03:04
Can question words be used in non question sentences?

For example, I would like to translate the sentence
"What man dare, I dare." -Macbeth, Shakespeare

I am reasonably sure that would translate to "Mana nér verya, veryan." However I am worried that the word "mana" in this case would make the sentence a question instead of a statement. ( "What man may dare, I dare?" )

Would this be an issue? Or would the context override the question word?

[Edited on 11/01/2015 by erutan2099]
-Erunámo -"Istyallo, Ilu."
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on: October 31, 2015 04:57
Yes, mana is a question word. The "what" in your sentence is short for "that what" and that's translated by tai.
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erutan2099
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on: October 31, 2015 06:00
Thank you dirk, that helps a lot!

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[Edited on 02/19/2016 by erutan2099]
-Erunámo -"Istyallo, Ilu."
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