[tlhIngan Hol] What do you make of this ?

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Tue Nov 22 07:20:24 PST 2016


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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