tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 01 14:17:09 2007
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Re: lutlh Hol ngu'meH mIw
At 03:49 PM Thursday 3/1/2007, Doq wrote:
>DIvI' Hol lujatlhlaHbogh tlhInganpu''e' law' law' tlhIngan Hol
>jatlhlaHbogh tera'nganpu''e' law' puS.
"Federation Standard-speaking Klingons are more (numerous) than
Klingon-speaking Terrans."
or more colloquially:
"There are more Federation Standard-speaking Klingons than Klingon-speaking
Terrans."
Why have you tagged both {tera'nganpu'} and {tlhInganpu'} with
{-'e'}? That defeats the whole purpose of a topic/focus marker. If both
are topics, neither is the topic. (You've also forgotten to repeat {lu-}
on the second {jatlhlaHbogh}; both subjects are plural.)
Nice use of multiple {law'}s, BTW. Some might find it confusing, but
Okrand has done something similar:
DujvamDaq tlhIngan nuH tu'lu'bogh pov law' Hoch pov puS 'ej DujvamDaq
'op SuvwI' tu'lu'bogh po' law' tlhIngan yo' SuvwI' law' po' puS
It [IKV Pagh] has the best weapons and some of the finest warriors in
the Klingon fleet. (SkyBox S7)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons