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Re: law'/puS DIpvaD tam <'e'> je

QuljIb ([email protected])



"Lieven L. Litaer (Quvar)" <[email protected]> wrote:

>What I do remember is that it's possible to replace tha standard law'/puS comparison formula by two 
>other opposite words, but I think this is just considered slang:
>
>   {tlhIngan yoH Daj verengan yoH qetlh}
>   "The Klingon is braver than the Ferengi."
>   lit. "Klingon brave interesting, Ferengi brave dull"

And mayhaps by extention..?

    {tlhIngan yoH Doq verengan yoH SuD}

Extremely idiomatic, I know, but seems right somehow.


-quljIb





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