<p dir="ltr">and something else:</p>
<p dir="ltr">lets say I write:</p>
<p dir="ltr">{vIghro' puS law' bo'Degh puS puS}</p>
<p dir="ltr">is this acceptable for "the cats are less than the birds" ?</p>
<p dir="ltr">qunnoH<br>
ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 Nov 2016 6:03 pm, "mayqel qunenoS" <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">ok, thanks.</p>
<p dir="ltr">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 ?</p>
<p dir="ltr">qunnoH<br>
ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'</p>
<p dir="ltr">On 22 Nov 2016 5:20 pm, "SuStel" <<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name" target="_blank">sustel@trimboli.name</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> No. You've left out the {vIleghbogh}.<br>
><br>
> SorDaq vIghro' vIleghbogh law' law' chalDaq bo'Degh vIleghbogh law' puS.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 11/22/2016 10:18 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> if I wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> SorDaq vIghro' law' law', chalDaq bo'Degh law' puS<br>
>><br>
>> would this be correct ?<br>
>><br>
>> qunnoH<br>
>> ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 22 Nov 2016 4:49 pm, "SuStel" <<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name" target="_blank">sustel@trimboli.name</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name" target="_blank">sustel@trimboli.name</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> "I see more cats in the tree than birds in the sky."<br>
>><br>
>> Perfectly understandable. One might question whether you see cats<br>
>> that are in a tree or you are in a tree when you see cats, and<br>
>> similarly for birds, but Okrand has said this sort of ambiguity<br>
>> exists in Klingon, and is comparable to English's "I shot an<br>
>> elephant in my pajamas."<br>
>><br>
>> In both your sentences so far, the {-'e'} has been allowed, but<br>
>> unnecessary.<br>
>><br>
>> Using words other than {law'} and {puS} in a comparison sentence is<br>
>> considered wordplay, not slang.<br>
>><br>
>> On 11/22/2016 9:35 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> maj ! so now, lets take this a bit further.<br>
>><br>
>> SorDaq vIghro''e' vIleghbogh law' law', chalDaq bo'Degh'e'<br>
>> vIleghbogh<br>
>> law' puS.<br>
>><br>
>> what do you think of this ? same questions: does it makes sense<br>
>> ? is it<br>
>> grammatical ?<br>
>><br>
>> qunnoH<br>
>> ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 22 Nov 2016 4:27 pm, "André Müller" <<a href="mailto:esperantist@gmail.com" target="_blank">esperantist@gmail.com</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:esperantist@gmail.com" target="_blank">esperantist@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:esperantist@gmail.com" target="_blank">esperantist@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:esperantist@gmail.com" target="_blank">esperantist@gmail.com</a>><wbr>>><br>
>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> = I see more cats than birds.<br>
>><br>
>> Yes, I understand it and would say it makes sense and is<br>
>> grammatical. Because {law' law'} is a bit weird, maybe you<br>
>> could use<br>
>> {HoS} and {puj} instead, but that would be considered slang.<br>
>><br>
>> - André<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 2016-11-22 15:15 GMT+01:00 mayqel qunenoS <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com" target="_blank">mihkoun@gmail.com</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com" target="_blank">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com" target="_blank">mihkoun@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com" target="_blank">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>>>>:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> vIghro''e' vIleghbogh law' law', bo'Degh'e' vIleghbogh<br>
>> law' puS.<br>
>><br>
>> is this acceptable ? does it make sense ?<br>
>><br>
>> qunnoH<br>
>> ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'<br>
>><br>
><br>
><br>
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