tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 25 19:46:25 1997
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Re: A nIb gem
- From: "Neal Schermerhorn" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: A nIb gem
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 22:49:11 -0400
ghItlh peHruS:
>loD jen law' be' jen puS (TKD grammar rules)
>
>KGT 178-179 says antonyms are used in slang as replacements for law'/puS
in
>comparisons and superlatives
>
>loD jen law' be' jen nIb (my own invention)
>
>This means to me "The man is the same height (amount of jen = tall) as the
>woman."
The first is grammatically correct, and the second decipherable but marked,
but jen = high, not tall. Tall would be runHa'. (run=be short in stature
{KGT})
Qermaq