tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 01 04:01:39 1994
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Re: KLBC: Similes
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Similes
- Date: Thu, 1 Sep 94 15:56:41 EDT
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "...Paul" at Sep 1, 94 11:07 am
According to ...Paul:
>
>
> I don't think tlhIngan Hol has a very nice way of doing that. To say "You
> are as greedy as a Ferengi", I'd be inclined to manipulate it to the
> following:
>
> "Because you are greedy, you are like a Ferengi"
>
> bIqurmo' verengan Daraplaw'
>
> ...Paul
>
> PS> "raplaw'" is "be the same as" with a "apparently" suffix; I couldn't
> find a word for "like" or "similar", so I'm hoping that construct does a
> similar function?
{rur} is what I use for "be similar", since it means
"resemble", AND it is almost certainly TRANSITIVE, and so fits
this kind of sentence far better than {rap}, which is almost
certainly INTRANSITIVE. {rap} does not mean, "be the same as".
It means, "be the same". "Resemble" doesn't have this problem.
Meanwhile, you are talking about behavior more than appearance,
so {Da} is a better choice in this instance. It also means that
you don't even need the {-mo'} if you simply say, "You behave
in the manner of a greedy Ferengi."
charghwI'