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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] The Klingon Is MUCH Braver ...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Tue Jan 6 15:31:32 2015
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: Fiat Knox <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk>, Klingon Mailing List
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Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 20:31:09 +0000
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We do have the formula "A Q law'be' B Q puSbe'" for negating the comparativ=
e.
http://klingonska.org/canon/2004-03-holqed-13-1.txt
While not quite the same , I would wager a guess that you could use -qu' in=
the same way, adding it to both law' and puS.
Another solution might be to make a two-sentence construction out of it, su=
ch as =ABtlhIngan yoH law' verengan yoH puS. pImqu'.=BB
That's highly ambiguous, though; it could simply mean "The Klingon is brave=
r than the Ferengi, and as such they are very different."
Perhaps there's some better verb for this.
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From: Fiat Knox [fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk]
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Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] The Klingon Is MUCH Braver ...
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 th=
an 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 ei=
ther.
An example: a comment has been thrown in my direction asking why law'qu' ca=
nnot 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 appreciat=
e discussion on this.
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