tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 30 10:25:17 1996
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Re: Words for God
- From: Jose Mijares <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Words for God
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 13:27:58 -0400
>Subject: Re: Words for God
>Sent: 7/29/96 8:06 PM
>Received: 7/30/96 1:24 PM
>From: Alan Anderson, [email protected]
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: Multiple recipients of list, [email protected]
>
>A.Appleyard writes:
>> TKD says that:-
>> (1) "the bold commander" = {la' jaq}
>> (2) "the commander is bold" = {jaq la'}
>> (3) "the commander is boldest" is {la' jaq law' Hich jaq puS}
>
>You miscopied {Hoch} "all" as {Hich}...
>
>> Thus, for "the commander who is boldest", is {la' jaq law'bogh Hich jaq
puS}
>>correct?
>
>I don't think this works. The {law'/puS} comparitive construction is a
>pretty rigid formula. The {law'} and {puS} probably can't be messed with
>at all.
>
>>Or what? 5 extra syllables to merely express superlative seems a lot.
>
>Count those syllables again, sir. The english phrase has eight syllables,
>while the Klingon has merely seven. A grammatically proper superlative in
>Klingon is only four syllables longer than a similar descriptive sentence:
>{qu' targh} -> {targh qu' law' Hoch qu' puS}. In english, these would be
>"the targ is fierce" -> "the targ is the fiercest of all", also an extra
>four syllables.
>
>-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj
>
>
Ok, [email protected] and [email protected] are the same
persons, the mailer change autamtily the name, please unsuscribe me of
this list.
thank
Jose Mijares
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