[Tlhingan-hol] vagh jaj, vagh 'uy' DarSeq je

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So, to get back to the original question, you'd have to say something like:

DujwIj Do tIn law' DujlIj Do tIn puS.

You might prefer to replace {tIn} with {law'}, depending on whether you consider velocity to be something that can be large, or numerous. By my interpretation, {Do} is a number, and so it becomes large, not many. There's still just one number measuring velocity. The units become many, but the velocity becomes large.

On Jun 27, 2014, at 3:16 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> bI'reng:
>>> But how to say, "My ship flies faster than your ship"? There are no
>>> verbs of quality meaning "be fast" or "be slow" (at least, I can't
>>> find any). But there are adverbs {nom} and {QIt}.
> 
> nIqolay Q:
>> Recently, MO said something along the lines that to express that a 
>> thing moves fast or slow, you use a relative phrase: "the fast ship"
>> would be something like {nom lengbogh Duj} "the ship that travels
>> fast", which also demonstrates you can use adverbials in relative
>> clauses, which is handy.
> 
> Here's Okrand's explanation (via De'vID, 11/22/2012):
> 
>  Maltz was unaware of an adjective meaning fast (or slow for that
>  matter). He said in Klingon you wouldn't say that something is fast
>  - you'd say it moves fast. So instead of You have a fast ship, you
>  could say {nom leng DujlIj} "Your ship travels fast" or {nom leng
>  Duj Daghajbogh} "The ship that you have travels fast". If "your
>  fast ship" is supposed to be the subject or object of a sentence,
>  you say something like {tInqu' nom lengbogh DujlIj} "Your ship that
>  travels fast is very big" (or, less literally, "Your fast ship is
>  very big") or {nom lengbogh DujlIj vIlegh} "I see your ship that
>  travels fast" (or "I see your fast ship"). 
> 
> 
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
> 
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