tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 23 23:07:56 2000
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RE: negating a comparative
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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 5:13 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: negating a comparative
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> In a message dated 11/22/2000 5:36:31 PM Central Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
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> > "My fingernails are not longer than my nose." It does ignore the
> > possibility that they are the same size, of course.
> >
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> Thanks for the answers about negating a comparison. I am not clear yet,
> after a panel at qep'a' vaghDIch, about saying "the same quality as..."
> Obviously, we have constructions is {rur}. Sometimes this
> construction does
> not feel complete. Just because one resembles another, I usually
> don't get
> the feeling that they are the same quality.
I'm not entirely certain that I understand your question. What do you mean
by, "the same quality as..."? That phrase without context doesn't mean a lot
to me. Give me a whole sentence that gives me enough context to understand
what you are trying to express in Klingon.
> Hopefully, MO will reveal more that will clear this up.
Clear WHAT up? Reveal more to clear up your own question.
> peHruS
SarrIS