"ghoqwI' lumuHta'."
Translation:They have executed the spy.
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Sure. Maybe you were just threatening to execute him to try to get him to talk, but accidentally actually executed him.
Unfortunately, that is not a possible interpretation of this sentence. The lu- prefix is only used when the subject is plural ("they") and the object is singular ("him/her/it"). So there can only be one spy executed if using the lu- prefix. To say, "They have executed spies," you would use the null prefix (the absence of a prefix): ghoqwI' muHta'. Note that this sentence could be interpreted as, "They have executed spies," "he/she/it has executed spies," "he/she/it has executed a spy." But, the variation it can't mean is, "they have executed a spy," which must use the lu- prefix.
I put "They executed the spy" It was marked wrong. I think in English my sentence means that the spy was executed in the past and is now dead, so the execution was completed, therefore -ta' would be used in Klingon. I've reported it as an unaccepted correct translation.