lieven, I see your point and I agree with you. There is a definite difference between the words {QaQ} and {qaq}. The question is : Is this difference important ? And the answer (according to my opinion) would be "it depends on the context". Surely there are numerous cases, where the use of {QaQ} through the "traditional" law'/puS construction would be the best way to go ; and of course there would be other cases as well where the use of a simple {qaq} would be correct too. All in all (if I understand this american phrase correctly), I believe {qaq} is a beautiful alternative to have, in our linguistic arsenal. And an irrelevant question : reH lugh'eghmoH google mail ! chay' 'e' vImev ? qunnoq On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Lieven <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
Am 23.08.2016 um 08:02 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:
However, if I was writing a review comparing two phones, and at the end of the comparison came to an overall conclusion, then I would say something like "overall this phone is better".
And if I was writing in klingon, then I would say "this phone is preferable".
I'm beginning to understand now. And there still is a great difference between "better" and "preferable", which I can explain on this example very well:
The iPhone YZ is "better", because it is larger, faster, bigger, has more memory, higher quality and so one.
But the Samsung XY is "preferable", because it is able to run the {boQwI'} app.
chaq iPhone QaQ law', Hoch QaQ puS. 'ach qaqtaH Samsung, boQwI' nIqHom lo'laHmo'.
-- Lieven L. Litaer aka Quvar valer 'utlh Grammarian of the KLI http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/BoQwI
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