On 10/11/2017 11:29 AM, Lieven wrote:
Am 11.10.2017 um 17:13 schrieb nIqolay Q:
What's interesting to me is that one of the first canon sentences for {vItlh} (from the Smithsonian Air and Space tour app) was a law'-puS construction: {DoDaj vItlh law' wab Do vItlh puS.} I wonder if it was coined specifically to avoid using {law'} twice in a row.
I think it's the difference in the definition: They are talking about speed, especially the amount of speed measured in numbers.
The speed was higher, but they were stil ltalking about ONE speed. Using {law'} "be many" would mean that they are talking about several speeds, in plural.
{DoDaj vItlh law' wab Do vItlh puS.} "The speed is higher than the speed of sound"
{DoDaj law' law' wab Do law' puS.} "His speeds are more than the sound's speeds"
In SkyBox S32, we see *'ul law'* which gets translated /highly-charged./ I'd expect *'ul* and *Do* to be treated similarly in this regard. Obviously, the answer is that Okrand just hadn't thought of *vItlh* yet, but here we're not expected to think of this as /many (different) electricities./ I don't think *Do law'* would automatically mean /many (different) velocities/ just by that logical alone. Now that we have *vItlh,* that's obviously the better choice for things like this. But you can't completely rule out using *law'.* -- SuStel http://trimboli.name