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RE: pImba' bang parmaqqay je.

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: pImba' bang parmaqqay je.
• Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 00:09:33 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <CBD6795F70A5D211B2B20008C733321A5923DC@INFINITI2>

Zrajm C:
> 'IHchu'. 'ay'vam vIparHa' law' Hoch vIparHa' puS.
 
pagh:
: The law'/puS comparitive form only works with verbs "... expressing a
: quality or condition".
: 
: For this sentence, you could say <jIHvaD 'ay'vam qaq law' Hoch qaq puS>,
: or something similar.

To avoid over-using {qaq} for comparitives, go back to {'IH}:

  'ay'vam 'IH law' Hoch 'IH puS.  vIparHa'.

The law'/puS formula is actually more useful than it first appears if you
shift your focus a bit and recast your thought.  Okrand has used it quite
imaginatively in some of the SkyBox texts.

-- 
Voragh                       
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 

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  • RE: pImba' bang parmaqqay je.
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