tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 07 04:45:43 1994
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Qaghqoq
- From: [email protected] (Mark E. Shoulson)
- Subject: Qaghqoq
- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 17:43:15 -0500
- In-Reply-To: Will Martin's message of Mon, 7 Mar 94 15:44:02 EST <[email protected]>
>From: Will Martin <[email protected]>
>Date: Mon, 7 Mar 94 15:44:02 EST
>Okay, fine. If you wanted to replace {qorDu'} with a pronoun, would you
>use {chaH} or {bIH}?
Hmm? Easy, "'oH", like in English. Sometimes we replace a collective word
like that with a pronoun for its *members*, in which case we'd use "chaH",
as would make sense. (nuq Qub qorDu'lIj? SaHbe' chaH.) But plural
families, viewed as units? bIH. "qorDu'mey law' vIlegh. quv bIH."
>chargwI'
~mark