tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 17 21:07:21 1996

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Re: RE: KLBC. First attempt



HurghwI'vo':  > chaq jIH yajlaw' law' jIH yaj.
charghwI'vo': > Even weirder gibberish.

ja' HurghwI':
>AHEM . . I realize this might not be the best way to say this; this is just
>a linguistic exercise.

bIqeqpa' Qel chaw' yISuq! :-)

The law'/puS comparitive construction works only with verbs
"expressing a quality or condition".  Trying to shoehorn an
active verb like {yaj} into it results in absolute garbage.
Not to mention the necessary {puS} you've been leaving out.

There, that makes complaints from at least three people about
your "exercise" -- you should stop it immediately before you
do some real damage. :-)  Practicing something *wrong* is at
least as bad as, if not worse than, not practicing at all.

If you don't like charghwI''s recasting the law'/puS away,
how about this?
{pab vIyajlaw'bogh law' law' pab vIyajbejbogh law' puS}
"I seemed to understand more grammar than I certainly understood."

-- ghunchu'wI'




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