[tlhIngan Hol] What do you make of this ?

[mayqel qunenoS]

and something else:

lets say I write:

{vIghro' puS law' bo'Degh puS puS}

is this acceptable for "the cats are less than the birds" ?

qunnoH
ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'

On 22 Nov 2016 6:03 pm, "mayqel qunenoS" <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> ok, thanks.
>
> now, going back to andre's suggestion I would like to ask: how can the
> {HoS} and {puj} express the "more" and "less" cats/birds ?
>
> qunnoH
> ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'
>
> On 22 Nov 2016 5:20 pm, "SuStel" <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> >
> > No. You've left out the {vIleghbogh}.
> >
> > SorDaq vIghro' vIleghbogh law' law' chalDaq bo'Degh vIleghbogh law' puS.
> >
> >
> > On 11/22/2016 10:18 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
> >>
> >> if I wrote:
> >>
> >> SorDaq vIghro' law' law', chalDaq bo'Degh law' puS
> >>
> >> would this be correct ?
> >>
> >> qunnoH
> >> ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'
> >>
> >>
> >> On 22 Nov 2016 4:49 pm, "SuStel" <sustel at trimboli.name
> >> <mailto:sustel at trimboli.name>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     "I see more cats in the tree than birds in the sky."
> >>
> >>     Perfectly understandable. One might question whether you see cats
> >>     that are in a tree or you are in a tree when you see cats, and
> >>     similarly for birds, but Okrand has said this sort of ambiguity
> >>     exists in Klingon, and is comparable to English's "I shot an
> >>     elephant in my pajamas."
> >>
> >>     In both your sentences so far, the {-'e'} has been allowed, but
> >>     unnecessary.
> >>
> >>     Using words other than {law'} and {puS} in a comparison sentence is
> >>     considered wordplay, not slang.
> >>
> >>     On 11/22/2016 9:35 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
> >>
> >>         maj ! so now, lets take this a bit further.
> >>
> >>         SorDaq vIghro''e' vIleghbogh law' law', chalDaq bo'Degh'e'
> >>         vIleghbogh
> >>         law' puS.
> >>
> >>         what do you think of this ? same questions: does it makes sense
> >>         ? is it
> >>         grammatical ?
> >>
> >>         qunnoH
> >>         ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'
> >>
> >>
> >>         On 22 Nov 2016 4:27 pm, "André Müller" <esperantist at gmail.com
> >>         <mailto:esperantist at gmail.com>
> >>         <mailto:esperantist at gmail.com <mailto:esperantist at gmail.com>>>
> >>
> >>         wrote:
> >>
> >>             = I see more cats than birds.
> >>
> >>             Yes, I understand it and would say it makes sense and is
> >>             grammatical. Because {law' law'} is a bit weird, maybe you
> >>         could use
> >>             {HoS} and {puj} instead, but that would be considered slang.
> >>
> >>             - André
> >>
> >>
> >>             2016-11-22 15:15 GMT+01:00 mayqel qunenoS <
> mihkoun at gmail.com
> >>         <mailto:mihkoun at gmail.com>
> >>             <mailto:mihkoun at gmail.com <mailto:mihkoun at gmail.com>>>:
> >>
> >>
> >>                 vIghro''e' vIleghbogh law' law', bo'Degh'e' vIleghbogh
> >>         law' puS.
> >>
> >>                 is this acceptable ? does it make sense ?
> >>
> >>                 qunnoH
> >>                 ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'
> >>
> >
> >
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