tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 15 18:11:24 2002
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RE: puS and law'
> >The law'/puS comparative is a special construction all it's own.
> >TKD Sec 6.6 p70:
> >>>>
> >
> >6.6. Comparatives and superlatives
> >
> >The idea of something being more or greater than something
> >else (comparative) is expressed by means of a construction
> >which can be represented by the following formula:
> >
> > A Q {law'} B Q {puS}
>
> if i think of /law'/ and /puS/ as verbs, i must think of A Q and B Q
> as noun-noun compounds. then the quality (a verb) would get changed
> into a noun. but this normally never happens, does it? hm. this
> construction is no normal klingon sentence, is it? it's a
> construction of its own, it seems, doesn't it?
Re-read my first sentence:
>The law'/puS comparative is a special construction all it's own.
law'/puS does not follow Object-Verb-Subject.
It is Noun1 Verb law' Noun2 Verb puS
> >In this formula, A and B are the two things being compared
> >and Q is the quality which is being measured. The two
> >Klingon words in the formula are {law'} <be many> and {puS} <be
> >few.> Thus, it says <A's Q is many, B's Q is few> or <A has more Q
> >than B has> or <A is Q-er than B.>
>
> qatlho'qa'.
>
> tulwI',
> sts.
DloraH, BG