tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 10 14:32:59 1998
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: equally beautiful
- From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: equally beautiful
- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 17:31:34 -0500
QaH Qov
>{nom maqettaHvIS marap Qa' jIH je}
>"I can run as fast as a Qa'."
>lit. When we run fast, I and a Qa' are the same.
>
>{HoSchaj juvlu'DI' rap Wesley Worf je}
>"Wesley is as strong as Worf."
>lit. When their strength is measured, Worf and Wesley are the same.
>(note that this works only because {HoS} happens to be a noun)
By the way, here's a translation, along these lines, of Krankor's
much-wanted (though not as notorious as "ask for a drink") sentences, "My
father fights better than your father."
{SuvtaHvIS vavwI' vavlI' je, nIv vavwI'}
Qapla'
qoror