tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 22 11:38:47 2003
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Re: "to be" and plurals
jIghItlh:
>> {wa' DoS wIqIp}
>> "we hit one target"
>> (idiom: "we agree")
>>
>> {cha' DoSmey DIqIp}
>> "we hit two (scattered) targets"
>> (idiom: "we disagree")
ghItlh SuStel:
>Do'Ha' nujangbe' mu'tlheghmeyvam.
bIlugh. latlh mu'tlhegh vISamlaHbe'.
>The question here is if /peng/ is made plural, does it mean "scattered
>about"?
It does when it takes the plural suffix.
Perhaps singular words that have plural counterparts can only be used in a singular form. Then this would mean that numbers can only be used with the plural form...
(?)
>But we don't know anything about it.
Right. Only Maltz does... I'll ask him as soon as I get to see him ;-)
...interesting dicussion!
Quvar.