Yes. {vIghro' puS law' bo'Degh puS puS} means "the cats are fewer than the birds." On 11/22/2016 11:21 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
I got lost with the quotations.
SuStel:
HIja', lajlu'.
this {HIja', lajlu'}, refers to the "{vIghro' puS law' bo'Degh puS puS} is this acceptable for "the cats are less than the birds" ?"
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 6:15 PM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
HIja', lajlu'.
On 11/22/2016 11:12 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
and something else:
lets say I write:
{vIghro' puS law' bo'Degh puS puS}
is this acceptable for "the cats are less than the birds" ?
qunnoH ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'
On 22 Nov 2016 6:03 pm, "mayqel qunenoS" <mihkoun@gmail.com <mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com>> wrote:
ok, thanks.
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 ?
qunnoH ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'
On 22 Nov 2016 5:20 pm, "SuStel" <sustel@trimboli.name <mailto:sustel@trimboli.name>> wrote: > > No. You've left out the {vIleghbogh}. > > SorDaq vIghro' vIleghbogh law' law' chalDaq bo'Degh vIleghbogh law' puS. > > > On 11/22/2016 10:18 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote: >> >> if I wrote: >> >> SorDaq vIghro' law' law', chalDaq bo'Degh law' puS >> >> would this be correct ? >> >> qunnoH >> ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta' >> >> >> On 22 Nov 2016 4:49 pm, "SuStel" <sustel@trimboli.name <mailto:sustel@trimboli.name> >> <mailto:sustel@trimboli.name <mailto:sustel@trimboli.name>>> wrote: >> >> "I see more cats in the tree than birds in the sky." >> >> Perfectly understandable. One might question whether you see cats >> that are in a tree or you are in a tree when you see cats, and >> similarly for birds, but Okrand has said this sort of ambiguity >> exists in Klingon, and is comparable to English's "I shot an >> elephant in my pajamas." >> >> In both your sentences so far, the {-'e'} has been allowed, but >> unnecessary. >> >> Using words other than {law'} and {puS} in a comparison sentence is >> considered wordplay, not slang. >> >> On 11/22/2016 9:35 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote: >> >> maj ! so now, lets take this a bit further. >> >> SorDaq vIghro''e' vIleghbogh law' law', chalDaq bo'Degh'e' >> vIleghbogh >> law' puS. >> >> what do you think of this ? same questions: does it makes sense >> ? is it >> grammatical ? >> >> qunnoH >> ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta' >> >> >> On 22 Nov 2016 4:27 pm, "André Müller" <esperantist@gmail.com <mailto:esperantist@gmail.com> >> <mailto:esperantist@gmail.com <mailto:esperantist@gmail.com>> >> <mailto:esperantist@gmail.com <mailto:esperantist@gmail.com> <mailto:esperantist@gmail.com <mailto:esperantist@gmail.com>>>> >> >> wrote: >> >> = I see more cats than birds. >> >> Yes, I understand it and would say it makes sense and is >> grammatical. Because {law' law'} is a bit weird, maybe you >> could use >> {HoS} and {puj} instead, but that would be considered slang. >> >> - André >> >> >> 2016-11-22 15:15 GMT+01:00 mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com <mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com> >> <mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com <mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com>> >> <mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com <mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com> <mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com <mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com>>>>: >> >> >> vIghro''e' vIleghbogh law' law', bo'Degh'e' vIleghbogh >> law' puS. >> >> is this acceptable ? does it make sense ? >> >> qunnoH >> ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'
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