tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 22 02:08:19 2004
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Re: Probability
- From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Probability
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 19:07:38 +1000
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ghItlhpu' De'vID:
>the phrase <SISmeH DuH> "possibility [for the purpose of/in order
>to] rain" strikes me as odd. I just don't see "rain" as the
>purpose or goal of "possibility".
Odd; I thought this was one of the most interesting suggestions we've had.
It beats hell out of {SISchoHghach DuH} in my opinion.
{'eb} *is* a good idea, as Voragh said. Personally, I agree with ter'eS in
that {'eb} doesn't quite carry the notion of chance that the English does.
But it's still a good idea, and I don't think I'd have much problem
understanding either one. (I'd still rather use {DuH} myself, though.) But
the same question arises: How do we actually *quantify* the {'eb} of rain?
To clarify my position, I'll quote from another message:
ghItlhpu' Voragh:
> cha'maHvagh vatlhvI' Hong; QIt yIghoS!
> Slow to one quarter impulse power. ST5
> (lit. "Twenty-five percent impulse power; proceed slowly!")
jangpu' ter'eS:
>I didn't see Voragh's reply the first time, so I don't know everything
>he wrote, but I don't see the relevance of this example.
It shows we can make a quantification of something just by saying {NUMBER
vatlhvI' EVENT}, and from there, I'd imagine that we could use
garden-variety verbs: {vaghmaH Soch vatlhvI' SISmeH DuH / 'eb} (assuming
that we all accept {SISmeH DuH / 'eb}) would be "57% chance of rain". Thence
we can get
{wa'leS vaghmaH Soch vatlhvI' SISmeH DuH tu'lu'}
"tomorrow there will be [observed] a 57% chance of rain"
{<<DaHjaj wa' vatlhvI' neH peDmeH DuH tu'lu'>> vIjatlhlu', 'ej qaSchoH nuq?
peDchu' jay'!}
"I was told that there was only a one percent chance of snow today, and
what's happened? It's bloody snowing!"
It seems to work well from my point of view. wa' DoS wIqIp'a'?
QeS lagh
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