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[Tlhingan-hol] Decimals

Fiat Knox ([email protected])



<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"><div><span>When reciting the decimal portion of a number, it is customary to just recite the digits in sequence, isn't it?</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Say, you've got a readout of 401.6335 kellikams and you have to read off the number, you'd say <span style="font-weight: bold;">loS pagh wa' vI' jav wej wej vagh qelI'qammey</span><span> or maybe <span style="font-weight: bold;">loSvatlh wa' vI' </span></span></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> jav wej wej vagh qelI'qammey</span><span>. I'm happy with
 either.</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span><span></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><span>But what about a recurring decimal? Er, one-third: 0.333 ... recurring? <span style="font-weight: bold;">pagh vI' wej qaSqa'taHbogh</span>? 1/7, 0.142857 ... <span style="font-weight: bold;">pagh vI' wa' loS cha' chorgh vagh Soch </span></span></span><br><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">qaSqa'taHbogh</span><span>?</span></span></span></div></div></body></html>
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