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[Tlhingan-hol] The Klingon Is MUCH Braver ...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fiat Knox)
Tue Jan 6 15:09:57 2015
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 20:09:39 +0000 (UTC)
From: Fiat Knox <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk>
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I'm looking at comparatives and superlatives at the moment.
tlhIngan yoH law' verengan yoH puS is practically a set phrase.
But has the topic cropped up where the difference is great - The Klingon is much braver than the Ferengi?
When describing slight differences, I've often used loQ before comparatives - loQ tera'ngan yoH law' verengan yoH puS The Terran is slightly braver than a Ferengi for instance - but where there is a great difference, has the topic of expressing this greater difference cropped up?
And I don't mean by use of superlatives - tlhIngan yoH law' Hoch yoH puS either.
An example: a comment has been thrown in my direction asking why law'qu' cannot be used, where to my knowledge {A X law'qu' B X puS} has not been seen in the wild. I've not seen this being discussed before here. I'd appreciate discussion on this.
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<html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Co=
urier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5960"><span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_14=
20574435454_5975">I'm looking at comparatives and superlatives at the momen=
t.</span></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5976" dir=3D"ltr"><br>=
<span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5975"></span></div><div id=3D"yui_3_=
16_0_1_1420574435454_5978" dir=3D"ltr"><span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_14205744354=
54_5975"><b id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5977">tlhIngan yoH law' vereng=
an yoH puS</b> is practically a set phrase.</span></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16=
_0_1_1420574435454_5979" dir=3D"ltr"><br><span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_142057443=
5454_5975"></span></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5980" dir=3D"=
ltr"><span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5975">But has the topic cropped=
up where the difference is great - The Klingon is <i>much</i> braver than =
the Ferengi?</span></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5981" dir=3D=
"ltr"><br><span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5975"></span></div><div id=
=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5982" dir=3D"ltr"><span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1=
420574435454_5975">When describing <i>slight</i> differences, I've often us=
ed <b>loQ</b> before comparatives - <b id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_632=
3">loQ tera'ngan yoH law' verengan yoH puS</b> <i id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_142057=
4435454_6328">The Terran is slightly braver than a Ferengi</i> for instance=
- but where there is a great difference, has the topic of expressing this =
greater difference cropped up?</span></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_14205744=
35454_6322" dir=3D"ltr"><br><span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5975"></=
span></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_6321" dir=3D"ltr"><font id=
=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_6320" size=3D"3">And I don't mean by use of =
superlatives - <b>tlhIngan yoH law' Hoch yoH puS</b> either.</font></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_6932" dir=3D=
"ltr"><font id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_6320" size=3D"3">An example: a=
comment has been thrown in my direction asking why <b id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1=
420574435454_6933">law'qu'</b> cannot be used, where to my knowledge {A X l=
aw'qu' B X puS} has not been seen in the wild. I've not seen this being dis=
cussed before here. I'd appreciate discussion on this.<br></font></div></di=
v></body></html>
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