[tlhIngan Hol] What do you make of this ?

mayqel qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Tue Nov 22 07:18:16 PST 2016


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> 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>> 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>>:
>>
>>         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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