tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 24 16:55:09 1995

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Re: subgenius




On Mon, 24 Apr 1995, William H. Martin wrote:

> According to R.B Franklin:

> > Perhaps you could say:  ghotpu'vetlh yabDu' val puS wIghna' val law'.

> I doubt it is okay to reverse the law'/puS construction like
> this. I think the construction is rather rigid.

It seems we have a way to say "X is more something than Y", but we don't 
have a way to say "X is less something than Y".

I wonder if it would work if you put {-'e'} on second half of the 
sentence to indicate a "less than" comparison.

E.g.  la' jaq law' yaS jaq puS.  The commander is bolder than the officer.
la' jaq law' yaS'e' jaq puS.  The officer is less bold than the commander.

What do y'all think?

> charghwI'

yoDtargh



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