tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 06 09:35:25 1994
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Re: Warp drives (again)
>Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 10:38:22 -0500
>Originator: [email protected]
>From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
>According to [email protected]:
>This is just a quick check, not a thorough one:
>> One remains behind, whilst one goes to Alpha Centauri and back (to Earth).
>> ratlh wa' 'ej //Alpha Centauri//-Daq je tera' leng wa'.
>Note that we have no indication that Klingon allows numbers to
>be used as nouns. They are always attached to explicit nouns,
>unless Okrand just forgot to mention that usage. You can't just
>say, {ratlh wa'}. You have to say something like {ratlh wa'
>nuv}.
Sorry, charghwI'... you were doing an excellent job of correcting, but I
think you forgot something here. Re-read Section 5.2, page 5:
"Numbers are used as nouns. As such, they may stand alone as subjects or
objects or modify another noun."
And examples like "mulegh cha'" (two [of them] see me) and "wa' yIHoH"
(kill one) are given.
>charghwI'
>--
~mark