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<p class="MsoNormal">We’ve seen one example of this in the article about variants of the {law’ / puS} formula nIqolay Q referred to:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b> QuchlIj vIl law'be' QuchwIj vIl puSbe'</b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Note that {-be’} appears on both {law’} and {puS}.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> nIqolay Q<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We've never seen it. A lot of stative verbs have {-Ha'}, so I'd probably be more inclined to accept one of those in the Q-spot. I'm not sure how I feel about {-be'}, but then we don't know much
about what verb suffixes can be used in the law'/puS construction. For a meaning like your sentence, you can negate the law'/puS verbs themselves, see:
<a href="http://klingonska.org/canon/2004-03-holqed-13-1.txt">http://klingonska.org/canon/2004-03-holqed-13-1.txt</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">{tlhIngan Hol mu'tlheghvam tIq law'be' DIvI' Hol 'elaDya' Hol joq mu'tlhegh tIq puSbe'}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">which would mean "This Klingon sentence isn't longer than the Greek and/or English sentence," in other words, that it is shorter or equal in length.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 8:31 AM, mayqel qunenoS <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com" target="_blank">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">At another thread, I wrote the sentence:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">{tlhIngan mu'tlheghvam tIqbe' law' DIvI' Hol 'elaDya' Hol qoj mu'tlhegh tIqbe' puS}</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">With the intented meaning "this klingon sentence isn't longer than the greek and/or english sentence".</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I would like to ask whether the {tIqbe'} is an acceptable verb to be placed in the slot of the law' puS construction.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Can we use there a verb carrying suffixes ?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">~ nI'ghma</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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