tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Nov 25 06:40:40 2000
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RE: negating a comparative
- From: "De'vID" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: negating a comparative
- Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 09:40:51 -0500
- Importance: Normal
> ja' De'vID:
> >How do I negate a comparative, i.e. how do I say, "It's *not* more
> >this and that" or "It's *not* the most something of all"?
ghunchu'wI' 'utlh:
> For a simple comparative, you can swap the two nouns you're comparing.
> [...]
> Negating a superlative is a little trickier; you don't want to turn "A is
> the most Q of all" into "A is the least Q of all." The logical negation
> can be stated as "Some are more Q than A."
qatlho', ghunchu'wI'. loQ taQ "comparative" pab 'e' vItu', 'ach
vIyajchoH.
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