tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 21 13:48:22 1996
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Re: qaSpa' qep'a' jIlIH'eghnIS
According to [email protected]:
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> ghomvam vItu'mo' jIQuchqu'. mutlho' vay' <merci bo-qu>. Holveth vISovbe'mo'
> vIjang <qay' be'>. jIHvaD jatlh "Check out the World Wide Web." toH vIta'.
Note: There's a big difference between {qay'be'} "It is not a
problem," and {qay' be'} "The woman is a problem." {{:)>
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> muDelchu' qa'vIn tlhutlhwI'. qa'vIn HIvje' tInqu' vIlo'. cha'maH *ounces*
> ngaS. qa'vIn vItlhutlh law' Hoch qa'vIn tlhutlh puS. (Recently, I got the
> most votes from my co-workers in the category, "Drinks the most coffee.)
loQ bIjatlhchu', 'ach loQ bIQagh je. Your attempt at a
superlative here didn't live up to the good standards of the
rest of your text. ghunchu'wI' will probably give you the
details, so I'll try to restrain myself.
Okay, I failed.
I'd do it like this:
qa'vIn vItlhutlhbogh tIn law' qa'vIn'e' tlhutlhbogh vay' tIn
puS.
"The coffee which I drink is bigger than the coffee which anyone
drinks." We don't have a word for "be much", and given that the
logical choice is between "be many" or "be big", in this case,
"be big" makes more sense to me.
I considered using {latlh} instead of {vay'} and I'm simply not
sure. I suspect either would do, but {vay'} might be the
stronger statement.
> ghItlhwIjDaq Qaghmey Daleghchugh, HIja'vIpQo'. may'meywIjvo' jIHaw'be'.
not vay' qaja'vIp.
> Qapla',
>
> qoro'nIn
charghwI'
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reH lugh charghwI' net Sov.