[tlhIngan Hol] What do you make of this ?

[SuStel]

HIja', lajlu'.

On 11/22/2016 11:12 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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>
>     >> <mailto: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>>
>     >>         <mailto: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>>
>     >>             <mailto: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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