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Re: {'Iv} and {law'}/{puS}
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI')
Mon Jun 29 12:50:59 2009
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From: "ghunchu'wI'" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:49:17 -0400
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Jun 29, 2009, at 10:18 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
> Although I like SuStel's version, don't forget that {nIv} "be
> superior" can sometimes be used for superlatives:
All of the examples you gave of {nIvqu'} are translated as "best". I
don't see any way that we could apply it to the idea of "most foolish".
> (I'm still confused by how to use {'Iv} after all these years!)
Use it as you would use any other pronoun, with the word taking the
place of the noun (or name) that would answer your question.
-- ghunchu'wI'
