tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 19 00:54:34 2002

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Re: HolQeD laDmeH (was RE: Maldives)

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: HolQeD laDmeH (was RE: Maldives)
• Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 00:53:16 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <a05111b0db9991215fff4@[151.25.221.190]>
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ja' tulwI':
>i don't understand the grammar of the sentence: <Qu'lIj law' Qatlh
>Qu'wIj law' ngeD>.

It's a simple comparitive, with {Qatlh/ngeD} replacing {law'/puS}.  KGT
tells us that other "opposite pair" words can be used in place of {law'}
and {puS}, because the comparison formula is otherwise very strict and
distinctive.

I tend to get creative with it when the verb of quality is {law'}.  Here, I
was playing with the words, subtly hinting that having many tasks was
harder than having few at the same time that I said outright that you might
have more tasks than I do.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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