tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 01 10:23:13 1995
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Re: "too many"
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: "too many"
- Date: Mon, 1 May 95 13:23:10 EDT
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Alan Anderson" at Apr 30, 95 8:31 pm
According to Alan Anderson:
>
> jabbI'IDmey vIHevbogh law' law' yapbogh jabbI'ID law' puS
>
> Does this express the concept that I have received too many messages?
How about:
jabbI'IDmey yapqu' vIHev.
One of the odd vaguaries in Klingon is the lack of
distinguishing suffixes to delineate between "very" and "too"
as a measure of degree. I mean, if I translate, "I am very hot,"
I get {jItujqu'}. If I translate, "I am too hot," I get
{jItujqu'}.
Looking at a verb like {yap}, to make it "very" is not very
useful compared to making it "too".
Is this agreeable to others, or do we have other ideas?
> -- ghunchu'wI'
charghwI'
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