[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: puS
James Landau
savegraduation at yahoo.com
Tue May 25 14:30:14 PDT 2021
My understanding is that "few" emphasizes the paucity of what there are, while "a few" emphasizes the fact that, hey, at least there are some.
Consider the following cloze sentences: Which would you put in the first sentence and which would you put in the second sentence?
1. Mrs. Spiegzweiler was disappointed that {few, a few} of the students had cheated.
2. Mrs. Spiegzweiler was disappointed that {few, a few} of the students had passed the test.
If you're a native English speaker, you put "a few" in the first sentence and "few" in the second.
In Spanish, however, they're both *pocos*.
How would those two sentences be rendered in tlhIngan Hol?
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