tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 29 00:27:04 2002
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Re: chuvmey ("leftovers")
Am 25.07.2002 00:10:23, schrieb Steven Boozer <[email protected]>:
>"Leftovers" is like those other English words which only occur
>in the plural: "pants", "britches", "trousers", "scissors", etc.
weird. So my dictionary is wrong!? it's one of the best I know of in Germany.
Is "leftovers" only used for food? According to my E-G dictionary it's not.
The whole entry says (translated):
"leftover I adj. be left (over); II noun. remains, (especially food-)remains"
But when I look up "remains" (in German) I find
"remains n. [...] of a meal: leftovers pl."
*there* is the plural note! :-)
>I meant, is "leftover" a participle *in English*? I.e. "which has been
>left over" (e.g. from yesterday's supper).
I don't know that, I never really "studied" english language.
Just like I said before, I use {chuv} just like {tIn} or {Doq}.
Quvar.