tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 13 15:07:02 1998
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Re: Comparatives and Superlatives
- From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Comparatives and Superlatives
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 18:05:56 -0500
ghItlh ghunchu'wI'
>We've never seen it reversed. KGT gives us some
>alternate word pairs to use in place of {law'} and {puS}, but in
>each case the "positive" word comes first.
We have, actually. KGT page 179-180:
"To say 'The Klingon is braver than the Ferengi,' one would have to say
{tlhIngan yoH law' verengan yoH ngeD.} Reversing the order of {Qatlh} and
{ngeD} would produce the phrase which, if interpretable at all, would mean
'The Klingon is less brave than the Ferengi.' Even if one really meant it,
uttering such a phrase could lead to unfortunate consequences."
This seems to suggest that although a puS/law' formation would be extremely
slangy and probably ungrammatical, a Klingon might actually understand it,
and not regard it as grammatical gibberish in favor of this alien's
language.
Qapla'
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