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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] law' puS variations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nIqolay Q)
Fri Aug 4 10:59:47 2017
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From: nIqolay Q <niqolay0@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 10:59:43 -0400
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On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 10:02 AM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
> And can we say:
> {la' jaq puS Hoch jaq law'}
> The commander is less bold than all ?
>
> I again tend towards no.
>
This brings up something I've been wondering about. Is the superlative
construction considered (by Klingons) to be a similar but distinct
construction as the regular comparative, with a fixed structure? Or is the
superlative construction just one example of the comparative, which is
singled out because {DIvI' Hol} considers the superlative a distinct thing?
If it's the latter, I could see {Hoch} being used just fine in the {law'}
position. (So many questions I wish I'd thought of *before* the qep'a'...)
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ri, Aug 4, 2017 at 10:02 AM, SuStel <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto=
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<div dir=3D"auto">And can we say:</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">{la' jaq puS Hoch jaq law'}</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">The commander is less bold than all ?</div>
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</span><p>I again tend towards no. </p></span><span class=3D"gmail-"></=
span><span class=3D"gmail-HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"></font></span></d=
iv></blockquote><div>This brings up something I've been wondering about=
. Is the superlative construction considered (by Klingons) to be a similar =
but distinct construction as the regular comparative, with a fixed structur=
e? Or is the superlative construction just one example of the comparative, =
which is singled out because {DIvI' Hol} considers the superlative a di=
stinct thing? If it's the latter, I could see {Hoch} being used just fi=
ne in the {law'} position. (So many questions I wish I'd thought of=
*before* the qep'a'...)<br></div></div></div></div>
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