tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 09 10:25:12 2003
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Re: yu' jIghaj...
qeraqjih:
> > What I was actually trying to say was, "I speak German, but my
> > English is better" How do you get a sense of one thing being better
> > than something else in German, is there a suffix I can add to /QaQ/
> > to make it /QaQ/er or litterally am "gooder"?
There's no comparative suffix, but if you want to use a verb suffix try:
[loQ] *Germany* Hol vIjatlh, 'ach *England* Hol vIjatlhchu'.
I speak German, but my English is better.
("I speak [a little] German, but I speak English fluently.")
It's not explicit, but both the sequence of clauses and {'ach} "but" imply
a comparison.
Elijah Ravenscroft :
>good question! would you use the law'/puS construct, and if so, how? if
>not, what's preferable?
If you want to use law'/puS, off the top of my head I can think of:
1. *Germany* HolwIj QaQ law' *England* HolwIj QaQ puS.
My German is better than my English.
2. *Germany* Hol SovwIj QaQ law' *England* Hol SovwIj QaQ puS.
My knowledge of German is better than my (knowledge of) English.
and we also have the noun {laH} "ability".
Adding a purpose clause to law'/puS, we have two examples. The first is:
tlhutlhmeH HIq ngeb qaq law' bIQ qaq puS
Drinking fake ale is better than drinking water. TKW
("For drinking, fake ale is better than water.")
which yields:
3. jatlhmeH *Germany* HolwIj QaQ law' *England* HolwIj QaQ puS.
I speak German better than English.
("For speaking, my German is better than my English.")
4. vIjatlhmeH *Germany* Hol QaQ law' *England* Hol QaQ puS.
I speak German better than English.
("For me to speak it, German is better than English.")
I'm sure others will have other suggestions.
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons