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Re: Phantom words in KGT

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Phantom words in KGT
• Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 21:28:34 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

[regarding {mebpa'mey}]

mujang Voragh:
>: I wonder about this word.  It's got a {-mey} on it, but it's defined as
>: a singular "hotel".  Is it an inherently plural noun that is grammatically
>: treated as singular?
>
>Why would you asume that? The -mey marks it as a plural noun. It just looks
>like Klingons use a plural word ("guest rooms"), while Anglophiles use a
>singular ("hotel"). Pity Okrand didn't use it in context, though. You simply
>adjust your translation to follow the grammar of your own language.

I'm not assuming anything, I'm just wondering.  There's also the similar
example in TKD's addendum of {nuHmey} "arsenal" to consider.  I don't have
any problem with them, except for the singular translations in the lexicon
itself.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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