tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 16 07:52:58 1997
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Re: Hoch, HochHom, bID, 'op
- From: "Neal Schermerhorn" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Hoch, HochHom, bID, 'op
- Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 10:55:25 -0400
ghItlh Lieven:
>I've heard somewhere
>{cha yIghuS}
>"be ready to fire IT torpedoes" although {cha} is torpedoeSS
The 'it' IS 'torpedoes' - cha is a plural that we treat grammatically as
singular.
cha yIghuS = Fire torpedoes!
>
>Is that the same case as
>
>> Which is correct?
>> cha' wISop
>> cha' DISop
cha' here is the word two - but we don't yet know if cha', acting as a
noun, is inherently singular or plural. So to say "We eat two", one of
these is right, but we have no idea which yet.
Qermaq