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"Each ship has one captain" (was: re: {-moH})



jatlhta' ~mark:
: 
: >On Feb 4,  4:20pm, joy'wI' wrote and charghwI' responds:
[...]
: >> Also: how does one say "per" as in "there is one captain per ship"? 
: 
: >	       wa' HoD neH ghaj Dujmey Hoch
: 
: This works (I believe marqoS put the neH in front; charghwI' is right.  It
: goes after), tho it seems to me more likely to be understood that all the
: ships collectively have one captain (especially if you conjugate the verb
: correctly and use "lughaj").  Truly, though, in most situations even the
: powerful ambiguity here would probably be ok.  You could also do "wa' HoD
: neH ghaj wa' Duj" (one ship has one captain; this has the ambiguity that
: you may not be talking about the ships in general, but that's also a very
: minor thing.  Natural languages simply aren't unambiguous).  Maybe
: something bizarre like "wa' Duj HoD ghaH wa' loD'e' neH".  I think I like
: "wa' HoD neH ghaj wa' Duj" best.
How about >wa' HoD ghajbej wa' Duj Hoch< -- "every 1 ship has [exactly, hence
the >-bej< -- or should that be >-chu'<?] 1 captain"?


: 
: ~mark
: 
: 

Qapla' jachqemwi'vo'.
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