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[Tlhingan-hol] The Klingon Is MUCH Braver ...
Fiat Knox (fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk)
- From: Fiat Knox <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk>
- Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] The Klingon Is MUCH Braver ...
- Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 20:09:39 +0000 (UTC)
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<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5960"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5975">I'm looking at comparatives and superlatives at the moment.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5976" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5975"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5978" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5975"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5977">tlhIngan yoH law' verengan yoH puS</b> is practically a set phrase.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5979" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5975"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5980" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5975">But has the topic cropped up where the difference is great - The Klingon is <i>much</i> braver than the Ferengi?</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5981" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5975"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5982" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5975">When describing <i>slight</i> differences, I've often used <b>loQ</b> before comparatives - <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_6323">loQ tera'ngan yoH law' verengan yoH puS</b> <i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_6328">The Terran is slightly braver than a Ferengi</i> for instance - but where there is a great difference, has the topic of expressing this greater difference cropped up?</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_6322" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_5975"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_6321" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_6320" size="3">And I don't mean by use of superlatives - <b>tlhIngan yoH law' Hoch yoH puS</b> either.</font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_6932" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_6320" size="3">An example: a comment has been thrown in my direction asking why <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420574435454_6933">law'qu'</b> cannot be used, where to my knowledge {A X law'qu' B X puS} has not been seen in the wild. I've not seen this being discussed before here. I'd appreciate discussion on this.<br></font></div></div></body></html>_______________________________________________
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