tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 06 14:03:18 2015
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] The Klingon Is MUCH Braver ...
If you assume that {loQ} works for a small degree of difference, then why not use {pe’vIl} or even {tlhoy} to indicate great difference or too much difference? Why choose a different grammatical mechanism to indicate a greater degree of contrast than you use for a smaller degree of contrast than the assumed norm?
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> On Jan 6, 2015, at 3:31 PM, Felix Malmenbeck <[email protected]> wrote:
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> We do have the formula "A Q law'be' B Q puSbe'" for negating the comparative.
> http://klingonska.org/canon/2004-03-holqed-13-1.txt
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> While not quite the same , I would wager a guess that you could use -qu' in the same way, adding it to both law' and puS.
>
> Another solution might be to make a two-sentence construction out of it, such as «tlhIngan yoH law' verengan yoH puS. pImqu'.»
> That's highly ambiguous, though; it could simply mean "The Klingon is braver than the Ferengi, and as such they are very different."
> Perhaps there's some better verb for this.
>
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> From: Fiat Knox [[email protected]]
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> Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] The Klingon Is MUCH Braver ...
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> I'm looking at comparatives and superlatives at the moment.
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> tlhIngan yoH law' verengan yoH puS is practically a set phrase.
>
> But has the topic cropped up where the difference is great - The Klingon is much braver than the Ferengi?
>
> When describing slight differences, I've often used loQ before comparatives - loQ tera'ngan yoH law' verengan yoH puS The Terran is slightly braver than a Ferengi for instance - but where there is a great difference, has the topic of expressing this greater difference cropped up?
> And I don't mean by use of superlatives - tlhIngan yoH law' Hoch yoH puS either.
>
> An example: a comment has been thrown in my direction asking why law'qu' 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.
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