[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: meq

[mayql qunenoS]

lojmIt tI'wI' nuv :
> Your comparative sentence is good, but you end it with a comma
> and then treat it as the object of {moj}, forgetting to use {'e'} for SAO.

ok, thank you for correcting me ! So as I understand it, I should have written :
ghaH QaQ law' chaH QaQ law' 'e' mojlaHbe' luQaHbe'chugh 'e' meq ghaH.

lojmIt tI'wI' nuv :
> Reasoning doesn't imply speaking out loud.

This is a good point ; I hadn't thought of that possibility..

SuStel :
> This is flat-out wrong. There is no such rule.

..and now I'm confused ! In that case, how do I say <..X is as
(attribute/quality) as Y..> ?

oh well.. back to captain.. it was good while it lasted..

cpt qunnoq
lurSa' be'etor je, HInay !

On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 3:42 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> On 2/20/2016 6:16 AM, mayql qunenoS wrote:
>>
>> jIH :
>>>
>>> ghaH QaQ law' chaH QaQ law', mojlaHbe' luQaHbe'chugh 'e' meq ghaH.
>>> he reasoned that if they didn't help him he wouldn't be able to become
>>> as good as them.
>>
>> 'arHa' :
>>>
>>> (I imagine that using law' twice was just a mistake.
>>> If that was intentional, then I *really* don't understand.)
>>
>>
>> Yes, it was intentional.. Do you have boQwI' ? If yes, then type at
>> the search bar <... X law' ... X puS>, and then scroll down and read
>> the comments. In case you don't have boQwI', here is what it says on
>> the relevant grammar which I used in my sentence :
>>
>> <...to say that something is as X as something else, law' is used with
>> law' (if the quality or its possession is considered positive)...>
>
>
> This is flat-out wrong. There is no such rule. Don't use boQwI'!
>
>
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