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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] "up to" or "as many as"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Fri Jul 12 07:39:19 2013
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>, tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 11:37:29 +0000
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My "feel" for the Klingon language is that there is probably sort of set ph=
rase for this, similar to {X Q law' Y Q puS}, but that's impossible to gues=
s.
I think your sentence rather gets the idea across; the fact that you someti=
mes think of six such things sort of implies that you'd also sometimes thin=
k of five or four, unless there's some reason to think you'd do it in bunch=
es of six.
You can make a longer phrase explaining {not DuHbe'wI' vIHarbogh law' law' =
jav DuHbe'wI' law' puS}, or use {'aqroS}, but I suspect that would severely=
change the focus of your statement, though; your point is that the impossi=
ble things you believe are surprisingly many, not that they are few.
> toH, rut nIQ vISoppa' jav DuHbe'bogh ghu' vIHarpu'.
I think you probably want the {rut} to modify {vIHarpu'} rather than {vISop=
pa'}, by comparison with {bortaS bIr jablu'DI' reH QaQqu' nay'.}.
Also, {jav} after {DuHbe'bogh}.
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From: De'vID [de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 08:28
To: tlhIngan-Hol
Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] "up to" or "as many as"
Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakf=
ast.
toH, rut nIQ vISoppa' jav DuHbe'bogh ghu' vIHarpu'.
What's a good way to express the concept "as many as", "up to"?
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De'vID
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0pt">My "feel" for the Klingon language is that there is probably=
sort of set phrase for this, similar to {X Q law' Y Q puS}, but that's imp=
ossible to guess.<br>
<br>
I think your sentence rather gets the idea across; the fact that you someti=
mes think of six such things sort of implies that you'd also sometimes thin=
k of five or four, unless there's some reason to think you'd do it in bunch=
es of six.<br>
<br>
You can make a longer phrase explaining {not DuHbe'wI' vIHarbogh law' law' =
jav DuHbe'wI' law' puS}, or use {'aqroS}, but I suspect that would severely=
change the focus of your statement, though; your point is that the impossi=
ble things you believe are surprisingly
many, not that they are few.<br>
<br>
> toH, rut nIQ vISoppa' jav DuHbe'bogh ghu' vIHarpu'.<br>
<br>
I think you probably want the {rut} to modify {vIHarpu'} rather than {vISop=
pa'}, by comparison with {bortaS bIr jablu'DI' reH QaQqu' nay'.}.<br>
<br>
Also, {jav} after {DuHbe'bogh}.<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 12, 2013 08:28<br>
<b>To:</b> tlhIngan-Hol<br>
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<p dir=3D"ltr">Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible thing=
s before breakfast.</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">toH, rut nIQ vISoppa' jav DuHbe'bogh ghu' vIHarpu'.</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">What's a good way to express the concept "as many as&qu=
ot;, "up to"?</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">-- <br>
De'vID</p>
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