tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 23 12:39:38 2002
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Re: Deconstructing {law'/puS}
Voragh:
>>There's another example of this sort of thing from SkyBox S7, which
>>contains two comparisons:
>>
>> DujvamDaq tlhIngan nuH tu'lu'bogh pov law' Hoch pov puS 'ej DujvamDaq 'op
>> SuvwI' tu'lu'bogh po' law' tlhIngan yo' SuvwI' law' po' puS
>> It [IKV Pagh] has the best weapons and some of the finest warriors in the
>> Klingon fleet.
>>
>>where {DujvamDaq tlhIngan nuH tu'lu'bogh} "the Klingon weapons located on
>>this ship" and {DujvamDaq 'op SuvwI' tu'lu'bogh} "some of the warriors on
>>this ship" are the A element in the formula {A Q law' B Q puS}.
tulwI':
>i don't understand this sentence.
>/DujvamDaq 'op SuvwI' tu'lu'bogh po' law' tlhIngan yo' SuvwI' law' po' puS/
>
>some of the warriors on this ship are more skilled than /tlhIngan yo'
>SuvwI' law' po'/.
>what does /tlhIngan yo' SuvwI' law' po'/ mean?
There are two {law'}s in this sentence: the first is part of the law'/puS
formula {A Q law' B Q puS}, and the second is part of the B phrase ({SuvwI'
law'} "many warriors"):
tlhIngan yo' SuvwI' law'
the Klingon fleet's many warrior(s)
I've marked A and B (the two things being compared) with angle brackets:
<DujvamDaq 'op SuvwI' tu'lu'bogh> po' law' <tlhIngan yo' SuvwI' law'>
po' puS
-------------- A -------------- Q law' ---------- B
----------- Q puS
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons