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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] law' puS construction with law'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven)
Wed Oct 11 15:06:10 2017
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From: Lieven <levinius@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:29:15 +0200
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Am 11.10.2017 um 17:13 schrieb nIqolay Q:
> What's interesting to me is that one of the first canon sentences for
> {vItlh} (from the Smithsonian Air and Space tour app) was a law'-puS
> construction: {DoDaj vItlh law' wab Do vItlh puS.} I wonder if it was
> coined specifically to avoid using {law'} twice in a row.
I think it's the difference in the definition: They are talking about
speed, especially the amount of speed measured in numbers.
The speed was higher, but they were stil ltalking about ONE speed. Using
{law'} "be many" would mean that they are talking about several speeds,
in plural.
{DoDaj vItlh law' wab Do vItlh puS.}
"The speed is higher than the speed of sound"
{DoDaj law' law' wab Do law' puS.}
"His speeds are more than the sound's speeds"
--
Lieven L. Litaer
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