[tlhIngan Hol] Expressing how much

[nIqolay Q]

SuStel made some pretty good points and suggestions. But if you're looking
for a very literal translation that uses *'ar*, I came up with *jIHvaD
parmaq 'ar Daghaj? **"How much love do you have for me?"*

*ghaj* is probably not the best verb here but unfortunately we don't yet
have a verb for "feel an emotion", which is what I'd be inclined to use
otherwise.

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 11:25 AM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:

> On 9/11/2017 11:17 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
>
> SuStel:
> > Assuming the answer is not something vague like *a lot,* what > are the
> possible answers to this question? The form an
> > answer can take will give a hint as to the form the question
> > can take.
>
> This is an interesting point; unfortunately though, the answer which
> usually comes to mind to the question "how much do you love me ?", is
> indeed "a lot"..
>
> I don't know.. Maybe perhaps something like {jIHvaD vItlh'a' parmaqlIj ?}.
> But again, even if this works, it still requires a noun to serve as subject
> for the {vItlh}.
>
> Assuming we're talking about *parmaq,* this isn't too bad, but it doesn't
> ask *how much?* Rather, you might ask a question like this: *parmaqmo'
> jIHvaD nuq Data'qang?** What are you willing to do for me out of
> romantic-aggressive love?* Or you might ask for a description instead of
> a quantity: *parmaqlIj yIDel** Describe your love!*
>
> If we're talking about some other kind of love, we have to agree to treat
> *muSHa'* as meaning *love.* The noun form is *muSHa'ghach.* A person, of
> course, is *bang.* Then you can say things like *chomuSHa'mo' jIHvaD nuq
> Data'qang* and *chomuSHa' 'e' yIDel.*
>
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