tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 03 09:50:36 2003
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Re: question
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: question
- Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 09:58:35 -0600
- In-Reply-To: <a05100306ba86adcd51e6@[10.0.1.3]>
- References: <09ECQM2WA0FB04WSO2V63WV63QPPD.3e5910ae@quvar><09ECQM2WA0FB04WSO2V63WV63QPPD.3e5910ae@quvar>
> >> How do I say - most Klingons are more beautiful than all Romulans
> >> HochHom tlhInganpu' 'IH law' Hoch romuluSnganpu' 'IH puS ???
>
>ja' Quvar:
> >I think the syntax is correct, but I'm not sure of the use of {HochHom}.
ghunchu'wI':
>We've not seen a phrase like "most Klingons" used in an official source, so
>nobody is "sure" of how to use it. However, the way you used it matches
>the way "most" of us think it should be used. It likely acts like {Hoch},
>referring to a quantity of things when used before a noun, and referring to
>a part of a single thing when used after.
For those interested, here is our single example of {HochHom} "most,
greater part":
qItI'nga' Duj tera' vatlh DISpoH cha'maH wej HochHom lo'lu'taH
[The] K'Tinga-class remained in use for most of the 23rd century. S15
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons