On 2/6/2018 3:31 PM, kechpaja wrote:
This, of course, immediately brings up a different question: if a teacher is grading exams, at first glance it seems that this verb would be appropriate. However, what happens if there's only one exam to be graded? Do {patlh} and {patlhmoH} imply "be ranked/have a status/be graded*with respect to other items/people*", or can they refer to a rank or status that exists on its own?
Am 06.02.2018 um 21:44 schrieb SuStel:
You're still giving it a rank according to an external measure. If I get a D, it means I'm ranked poorly compared to /hypothetical/ other students.
Right. I asked Marc about that, and this is what he answered: --------------
What about "she has been ranked lieutenant"? Does it work like {pong}? {ghaHvaD Sogh patlhlu'}
For this, use the noun {patlh}: {Sogh 'oH patlhDaj'e'}
going from this, I see that {patlhmoH} could be used for a captain to grade/promote a person {wo'rIv patlhmoH HoD}. Make sense?
The sentence is fine. It means something like "The captain ranked Worf," that is, the captain made a judgment about how well Worf was doing or how valuable Worf was compared to someone else or to a group (or, I suppose, "The captain graded Worf"). -------------- -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/MarcOkrand