tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 02 10:32:47 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: 'ar (question)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, March 31, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: 'ar
>Part of Speech: question
>Definition: how many? how much?
>
>Additional Notes:
>TKD p. 70: Finally, {'ar} 'how many? how much?' follows the noun to which
>it refers. It can never follow a noun with a plural suffix ({-pu'},
>{-mey}, {-Du'}; see section 3.3.2).
Used in canon:
Haw'pu' yaS 'ar
How many officers fled? TKD
nIn 'ar wIghaj
How much fuel do we have (left)? TKD/CK/PK
Huch 'ar DaneH?
How much money do you want? TKD
Dochvetlh DIlmeH Huch 'ar DaneH
How much do you want for that? TKD
mughoS 'avwI' 'ar
How many guards are coming? CK
Cf. also {'arlogh}:
{'arlogh} "how many times?" a word that functions adverbially, made
up of the question word {'ar} "how much? how many?" and the special
number suffix {-logh} "times" (as in six times)" (st.klingon 2/990]
'arlogh Qoylu'pu'?
How many times has (someone) heard (it)?
How many times has it been heard?
'arlogh wab Qoylu'pu'?
How many times has someone heard the sound?
How many times has the sound been heard?
qen 'arlogh Qoylu'pu'?
Recently, how many times has someone heard it?
All idioms for asking "What time is it?" [st.klingon 2/99]
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons