tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 08 20:24:50 1996
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Re: Esperanto
- From: Tony Harris <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Esperanto
- Date: 08 Aug 96 23:22:48 EDT
>\
>\ <Esperanto> vIjatlhlaH jIH je. <Esperanto> vIjatlh 'e' law' tlhIngan Hol
>\ vIjatlh 'e' puS.
>\
>\ (Okay, is there a way to make a phrase/sentence the subject of a verb?
>Unfortunately, no. It would be a highly useful construct, but it's not
>there; you have to recast.
>
>Also, we have no indication that you can use active verbs in a law'/puS
>comparison. How about {<Esperanto> vIjatlhbogh QaQ law' tlhIngan Hol
>vIjatlhbogh QaQ puS} : "The Esperanto which I speak is better than the
>Klingon which I speak"?
>
>-marqoS
Actually after I sent my part of the above note, I realized I could (I think)
have said:
law' <Esperanto> vIjatlhbogh puS tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhbogh
The Esperanto which I speak is much, the Klingon which I speak is little.
or, I speak more Esperanto than I do Klingon.
Has anyone asked Dr. Okrand what his suggestion is for sentences like this? It
seems like
people run into them a lot, so there should be some normal way that a Klingon
would express this
kind of relationship.
janglu' 'e' vIloS...
TH