tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Aug 03 08:38:49 1997
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Re: KLBC: higher numbers
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: higher numbers
- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 11:39:18 -0400 ()
- Priority: NORMAL
On Tue, 29 Jul 1997 08:01:21 -0700 (PDT) Steven Boozer
<[email protected]> wrote:
> : muHwI' wrote:
> : > I want to say high numbers like stardates or a year.
> : > mImey tIn vIjatlh vIneH. Hov poH DIS lurur bIH.
> :
> : Hmmm . . . I wonder if {tIn} can refer to any magnitude, or just the size of
> : an object?
I'd use {law'qu'} for large numbers.
> {tIn} seems to mean just "be large in size":
[Many good examples deleted]
> As always, there are other options: {-'a'}, {Dun}, {jen} & {nIv}.
And {law'}. Don't forget {law'}. Everything about it says,
"quantity". Just because we think of numbers being "large"
doesn't mean Klingons don't think of them as "many".
>
> -- Voragh
>
charghwI'