[tlhIngan Hol] What do you make of this ?

[mayqel qunenoS]

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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