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KLBC: Noun phrase comparatives

The list appears to have eaten this -- so here it is again.....
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After reading Krankor's column in HolQeD (2:3) I decided to give this a try:

tu' QIp tlhoblu'ghach ngeD law' Qagh QIp ti'lu'ghach ngeD puS

I have a second question about about phrases like "tu' QIp tlhoblu'".  TKD
says that when using the -lu' suffix the first and second person subject
prefixes are used to indicate first and second person objects (and yes I
know the example is third person).  My question is whether an explicit
object occurs before the verb or after it.  The example with the verb "tu'"
would seem to indicate that the object stays in its normal location (that's
how I used it in the phrase above) but the reference to passive voice (in
which English "switches" subject and object) made me think it could be
otherwise.

In case I butchered thinks too badly my intent in the above phrase was,
"Asking stupid questions is easier than correcting stupid mistakes", or
more literally, "Ones asking stupid questions easiness is many, Ones
repairing stupid mistakes is few".

Comments?

BTW -- to anyone new to thlIngan Hol, I would strongly recommend that you
join KLI and get the back issues of HolQeD.  They contain a lot of
interesting information.

Qapla'

Qeygh

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