[tlhIngan Hol] What do you make of this ?
mayqel qunenoS
mihkoun at gmail.com
Tue Nov 22 08:21:12 PST 2016
I got lost with the quotations.
SuStel:
> HIja', lajlu'.
this {HIja', lajlu'}, refers to the "{vIghro' puS law' bo'Degh puS
puS} is this acceptable for "the cats are less than the birds" ?"
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 6:15 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> 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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