title_body: How to translate the word "lost"/"loss" into Klingon? Say for instance I want to say something like, "I'm looking for bears and the lost sheep." I would think that would be to use the genitive case, making something like:
  
  
    mIl'oDmey chIlpu'ghach       DI'raqmey   je  vInejtaH
    bear-&lt;pl&gt; lose-&lt;perf&gt;-&lt;nom&gt;  sheep-&lt;pl&gt;  too &lt;I-them&gt;-look for-&lt;continuous&gt;
  
  
  But that looks kind of odd, and I've heard that using the nominalizer suffix "-ghach" is often discouraged, and should replaced by using sentences as objects if possible. Would 
  
  
    mIl'oDmey DI'raqmey   'e'  chIlpu'     je  vInejtaH
    bear-&lt;pl&gt; sheep-&lt;pl&gt;  that lose-&lt;perf&gt; and &lt;I-them&gt;-look for-&lt;continuous&gt;
  
  
  work and make more sense?
  
  Also, how would "I can bear the loss of sheep." be translated? My first guess would be to just reverse the noun-noun-construction so that "DI'raqmey" is the genitive noun:
  
  
    DI'raqmey   chIlpu'ghach      vISIQlaH
    sheep-&lt;pl&gt;  lose-&lt;perf&gt;-&lt;nom&gt; &lt;I-it&gt;-endure/bear-&lt;ability&gt;
  
  
  Would some sort of subclause make more sense here too? Just the same one?:
  
  
    DI'raqmey    'e'  chIlpu'     vISIQlaH
    sheep-&lt;pl&gt;   that lose-&lt;perf&gt; &lt;I-it&gt;-endure/bear-&lt;ability&gt;
upvoted_answer: I would translate it as I am looking for bears and I am looking for the sheep that are lost. &mdash; I don't know the word for sheep, so I assume from your question that it's DI'raq:
  
  
  
    mIl'oDmey vInejtaH                 'ej DI'raqmey  chIlpu'bogh       vInejtaH
    bear-&lt;pl&gt; &lt;I-them&gt;-look for-&lt;cont&gt; and sheep-&lt;pl&gt; lose-&lt;perf&gt;-&lt;rel&gt; &lt;I-them&gt;-look for-&lt;cont&gt;
  
  
  See: Klingon Dictionary 6.2 (Complex Sentences) and 6.2.3 (Relative Clauses)
  
  
  Your second sentence, I can bear the loss of sheep. &mdash; I would opt for a subordinate clause, If I lose sheep, I can bear it.:
  
  
  
    DI'raqmey  vIchIlpu'chugh          vISIQlaH
    sheep-&lt;pl&gt; &lt;I-them&gt;-lose-&lt;perf&gt;-if &lt;I-it&gt;-bear/endure-&lt;ability&gt;
  
  
  See: Klingon Dictionary 6.2.2 (Subordinate Clauses)
  
  Disclaimer: I'm not a Klingon expert, so this might not be 100% accurate.