tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 25 08:35:37 1998

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Re: chon qaq



On Wed, 25 Nov 1998 06:27:34 -0800 (PST) "Lieven L. Litaer" 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> is that understandable:
> {chon qaq law' gheD qaq puS}?
> 
> (the chase is better than the catch)
> 
> muHwI'

My problem with this is that it implies a comparison between a 
process (hunting) and a creature (prey). I think you mean to 
compare two experiences. For that, I think you'd be better with 
one of those rare uses (and I mean this really needs to remain 
rare) of {-ghach}.

chonlI'ghach qaq law' chonta'ghach qaq puS.

Think about it.

charghwI'



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