[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: raHta'

[mayqel qunenoS]

maj !

On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 6:04 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> On 11/8/2016 11:02 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
>>
>> HolQeD 13.1 (p.9-10) :
>>>
>>> ro'qegh'Iwchab 'ey law' qagh 'ey law'
>>> the rokeg blood pie is as delicious as the gagh
>>> tlhIngan HoS law' 'Iw HoS law'
>>> the Klingon is as strong as blood
>>
>> I can understand these examples since they employ on both "slots" the
>> {law'}
>>
>>
>> HolQeD 13.1 (p.9-10):
>>>
>>> tlhIngan woch law' tera'ngan woch nIb
>>> the Klingon is as tall as the Terran
>>> SuvwI' ghung law' qagh ghung rap
>>> the warrior is as hungry as gagh
>>
>> I can't understand why on these examples, at the second "slot" we
>> don't have the {law'}, but we have {nIb}, and {rap} respectively. Is
>> this just another alternate way of expressing the desired meaning, or
>> is there an actual reason because of which we don't have the {law'} on
>> the second "slot" ?
>
>
> These are all "because Maltz said so."
>
>
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