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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Another example from ST5:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><qIbDaq SuvwI''e'> SoH Dun law' Hoch Dun puS
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You would be the greatest warrior in the galaxy. (ST5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">And while we’re on the topic, here are some more ways of using law’/puS (I’ve bracketed the introductory phrase/clause) :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><jonlu'meH> wo'maj pop tIn law' Hoch tIn puS
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Our Empire's highest bounty has been placed on his head. (ST5 notes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><tlhutlhmeH> HIq ngeb qaq law' bIQ qaq puS
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Drinking fake ale is better than drinking water. (TKW)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><noH ghoblu'DI'> yay quv law' Hoch quv puS
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In war there is nothing more honorable than victory. (TKW)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><reH latlh qabDaq> qul tuj law' Hoch tuj puS
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The fire is always hotter on someone else's face. (PK)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><tlhIngan wo' yuQmey chovlu'chugh> Qo'noS potlh law' Hoch potlh puS
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The principal planet of the Klingon Empire, Qo'noS... (S27)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><cha’ DISmo’> jIH qan law’ SoH qan puS
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I'm two years older than you. (Lieven < Okrand, 7/25/2016)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><cha’ ’ujmo’> jIH woch law’ SoH woch puS
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I'm two 'ujes taller than you. (Lieven < Okrand, 7/25/2016)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">And the here’s the most complicated law’/puS we’ve seen:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><DujvamDaq tlhIngan nuH tu'lu'bogh> pov law' Hoch pov puS 'ej <DujvamDaq<br>
'op SuvwI' tu'lu'bogh> po' law' <tlhIngan yo' SuvwI' law'> po' puS<br>
It [the IKC Pagh] has the best weapons and some of the finest warriors in the<br>
Klingon fleet. (S7)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">--Voragh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> SuStel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 6/12/2018 8:37 AM, Daniel Dadap wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>2) Would <b>{(X) (Y) law' Hoch latlhmey (Y) puS</b>} mean that X is more Y than all other Xes, or that X is more Y than all other things, not limited to other Xes? I’m trying to express the former meaning without having to do <b>{(X) (Y) law' Hoch (X)mey (Y) puS</b>} every time, partly because being able to use {<b>latlh</b>} in every verse strengthens the formula, and partly because it’s already slightly awkward to accommodate different syllable counts for the different X items that appear in the verses.<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<p><i>More than all others</i> is just another way to say <i>most,</i> and that's the superlative construction.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>HoD Dun law' Hoch Dun puS.<br>
</b><b><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></b><i>The captain is the greatest.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you want to put the superlative in context, you can model a line from <i>Star Trek V</i> and get:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>SuvwI''e' HoD Dun law' Hoch Dun puS.<br>
</b><b><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></b><i>The captain is the greatest warrior.<br>
</i><b><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></b><i>As for warriors, the captain is the greatest.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>SuStel<o:p></o:p></pre>
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