This sentence came up in a discussion on Discord. Here's the snippet of what Dr. Okrand said about it when I asked him while going through the paq'batlh together: p. 127: rallaw'
{SoH rallaw' law' Hoch rallaw' puS} This sentence seems to introduce new grammar, so I just wanted to make sure it was correct. Is this sentence a demonstration that, in a comparison construction, the verb of quality can take type-6 suffixes? (Previously, we were told that the verbs {law'} and {puS} could take the suffix {-be'}, but I didn't find any other instances of verb suffixes in such constructions.)
It’s probably fine, but I think I’d prefer something like {chaq SoH ral law’ Hoch ral puS} or {ghaytan SoH ral law’ Hoch ral puS ’e’ vIQub} or something along those lines. Or see below.
Can type-6 suffixes be added to the {law'}/{puS}? Would *{SoH ral law'law' Hoch ral puSlaw'} be meaningful or just ungrammatical?
*>>> *Yes. In fact, {SoH ral law’law’ Hoch ral puSlaw’} is preferable to what’s in there now.
In the 2ed, that sentence will be changed to {SoH ral law’law’ Hoch ral puSlaw’}. -- De'vID