tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 02 19:29:45 2001
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: KLBC: ghIj
Jiri:
> > In parallel with the superlative formula, except instead of X and Hoch,
> > I contrasted time/situation stamps, taHmeH and reH.
> > DaHjaj bIlbo' yoH law' wa'Hu' bIlbo' yoH puS
> > Today Bilbo is braver than yesterday.
> > DaHjaj bIlbo' yoH law' reH bIlbo' yoH puS
> > Today Bilbo is the bravest he ever was.
charghwI':
> I really could not follow this one. {reH} means "always". To my
> understanding, that refers to all time, including the present. Arguably,
> this could be like the use of {Hoch} to make the superlative, using time
> instead of a group as the environment for the comparison.
Precisely.
...
> The thing to keep in mind about the Klingon comparative is that it is
> very limited in grammatical scope.
Okay :-)
> We keep trying to extend it in clever ways,
I think I'm fairly guilty of that already... I'll see if I can restrain
myself a bit.
Jiri
--
Jiri Baum <[email protected]> http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jirib
MAT LinuxPLC project --- http://mat.sf.net --- Machine Automation Tools