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Re: [tlhIngan-Hol] Re: Hoch placement

Dar'Qang ([email protected]) 

At 08:14 AM 2/26/2004, SuStel wrote:
>I couldn't say what {tlhInganpu' Hoch} might mean, if anything, and I cannot
>say for sure whether {Hoch} behavior can be used for other count-type words
>(like {bID} "half").
>

Ok.  To summarize:

Hoch Duj : "each vessel"
Hoch Dujmey : "all the vessels"
Duj Hoch : "the entire vessel"
Dujmey Hoch : *not sure of meaning*

Then the next question would be the plurality for purposes of S/O prefix.

The third one seems clear:

Duj Hoch wInuD : "We examine the entire ship"

but the first two might have some wiggle room that allows for 
language-specific plurality.
Using DIvI' Hol number sense:

Hoch Duj wInuD: "We examine each ship"
Hoch Dujmey DInuD: "We examine all the ships"

But is this correct tlhIngan Hol?


Dar'Qang
bItaghbe'chugh bIrInbe'ba'

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