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Re: Klingon WOTD: SanID (number)

MorphemeAddict ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol taghwI']

In a message dated 4/22/2008 09:36:34 AM Central Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> Are you thinking of the phrases {vatlh DIS poH} 
> and {netlh DIS poH} mentioned in HQ 8.3:
> 
>    With longer time periods, such as a century ({vatlh DIS poH}), or a
>    period of 10,000 years (myriad, perhaps) ({netlh DIS poH}), the words
>    {ret} or {pIq} may be used in place of {poH}, e.g., {cha' vatlh DIS poH}
>    "two centuries", but {cha' vatlh DIS ret} "two centuries ago". The
>    phrase {cha' vatlh ben} would mean "200 years ago". The choice of
>    construction depends on what is being emphasized: in this case, the
>    total number of centuries (two) or the total number of years (200).
> 
> (Is {SaD DIS poH} "millennium" also mentioned in that HolQeD article?  It's 
> not in my notes.)
> 

Your copy of the text of HQ 8.3, p. 3, is incomplete, and lacks exactly the 
part about millennium:

With longer time periods, such 
as a century ({vatlh DIS poH}),
millennium ({SaD DIS poH}), or a 
period of 10,000 years ("myriad,"
perhaps) ({netlh DIS poH}), the words 
{ret} or {pIq} may be used in place of 
{poH}, e.g., {cha' vatlh DIS poH} _two
centuries_ , but {cha' vatlh DIS ret} _two
centuries ago_.  The phrase {cha' vatlh
ben} would mean "200 years ago."
The choice of construction depends
(p.4)
on what is being emphasized: in this
case, the total number of centuries
(two) or the total number of years
(200).

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