tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 16 22:32:19 1995
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Re: HolQeD 4:3 p4 S7
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: HolQeD 4:3 p4 S7
- Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 00:31:57 -0500
Anthony Curran writes:
>DujvamDaq tlhingan nuH tu'lu'bogh pov law' Hoch pov puS...
>
>the excellence of the Klingon weapons which one finds on this vessel is
>greater than the excellence of all others.
I see no problem, except for the possible redundancy of {tlhIngan}.
The second part of the sentence confuses me a lot, though:
{DujvamDaq 'op SuvwI' tu'lu'bogh po' law' tlhIngan yo' SuvwI' law' po' puS}
"The {'op} warrior which one finds on this ship is more skilled than
the many Klingon fleet's warrior[s]."
First, what in the world is {'op}?! Second, it looks like {SuvwI' law'}
is intended to mean "many of the warriors," and that doesn't seem right.
>Also, is there prior canon evidence that the -bogh contruction in a
>law'/puS comparison is valid, or is this the first confirmation that this
>is allowed?
The use of a pair of law'/puS constructions connected by {'ej} also
seems to be new to canon. The construction seems officially to have
the full privileges of a sentence.
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj