tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Sep 15 19:16:02 2001
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RE: jIqar qar'a'?
Perhaps I have a more accessible way to say this. I'd prefer not to stretch
a comparative quite that far.
New York wa' jaj lot HeghwI'pu' yIqel. Israel wejmaH DIS lot HeghwI'pu'
yIqel je. New York lot rurpa' Israel lot, wa'maHlogh Israel HeghwI'pu'
DatoghnIS 'ej ghIq DatoghnISlI'.
Just a thought. I don't assume it is better. It's just the way I'd approach
it, since I've really given up on using comparatives, except for the very
simplest of sentences. It is just hard to wade through so many words to get
to the {law'} and figure out that there is a {puS} coming later.
charghwI'
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Anderson [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:30 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: jIqar qar'a'?
>
>
> QIn Hoch vIlaDta'. jIQubqu'pa' jIjangrupbe'. 'ach cha' qech vIqel:
>
> ja' Andrew <[email protected]>:
> >...wej puHna' HoSghajqu' HIvpu' QI'Hom tlhab...
> >...latlh lalDan vIvuvbej, 'ach ngotlhbej QI'Homvetlh jay'...
>
> <QI'Hom> vIyajchu'be'. chaq qaq'a' <tlhach>?
>
> >...wa'maHlogh wa'Hu' lotmo' Heghbogh ghot law' HoS, wejmaH ben
> >Hoch lotmeymo' Heghbogh ghot law' puj.*
> >[...]
> >* This is the only thing I didn't feel I could rightly express
> in Klingon.
> >It is "10 times as many people died in yesterday's (New York)
> attack as have
> >died in all terrorist attacks in Israel in the past 30 years."
>
> You came close, but I read it completely backwards to the way you
> intended.
> It's hard to tell from the English, but the "ten times" in the comparison
> applies to the victims in Israel.
>
> New York wa' jaj lot HeghwI' law' HoS wa'maHlogh Israel wejmaH DIS lot
> HeghwI' lutoghlu'bogh law' puj.
>
> wa' jaj New York lot HeghwI' lutoghlu'chugh, rapmeH mI', wa'maHlogh wejmaH
> DIS Israel lotmey HeghwI' lutoghnISlu'.
>
> Qap'a'?
>
> -- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh
>