tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 22 07:46:05 2002
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Re: multiple N-ns5 in the "header area"
> >Trying to decompose a {law'/puS} comparative as if it were a regular
> >sentence isn't going to work. It follows its own rules of grammar, which
> >aren't as well-documented as they might be. Perhaps the {latlh qabDaq} is
> >attached only to the first part of the phrase. Perhaps there's something
> >special about syntactic markers and superlatives that yields an unusual
> >interpretation.
> >
> >Or perhaps the translation is just misleading, which happens often with
> >such proverbs.
>
> hm. no documentation. ok, never mind.
He didn't say "no documentation", just that it is not WELL-documented.
DloraH, BG