tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 24 00:11:11 1994
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Re: "how many times"
- From: [email protected] (Nick Legend Nicholas)
- Subject: Re: "how many times"
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 19:03:23 +1100 (EST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Mark J. Reed" at Nov 23, 94 11:12:53 pm
Hu'tegh! nuq ja' Mark J. Reed jay'?
=I like Nick's idea of {'arlogh}, but there is one aspect of {'ar} that makes me
=wary of it. The rest of the question words are placed in the same position
=in the question as the answer in the reply: {chay'} goes at the front,
={nuq} replaces the noun to which it refers, etc. But {'ar}, at least in
=the sence of "how many", does not go in the same place as the answer:
= na'Dev yaS 'ar tu'lu'? How many officers are here?
= na'Dev vagh yaS tu'lu'. There are five officers here.
={'ar} follows the noun it modifies, while a number functioning as a counting
=adjective precedes the noun it modifies. This small difference in usage
=makes me hesitate to use {'ar} as a number in any other way.
SaHbe'law'mo' Qanqor, tri'Qal je, qeS'e' chaq lujatlhbogh vIjatlh: tobbogh De',
tobHa'bogh De' joq wIghajbe'mo', mu' Sarvam chu' wilo'be'nIS, tlhIngan pabHey
pabchugh je 'oH. meq rapmo', "-Daq" mojaq ghajbe'bogh "vogh"'e' lutempu'.
mI'Hey 'oH "'ar"'e', 'a mI'na' 'oH wej 'e' wISovtaHvIS, mI' DameH 'oH lo'mey
DIb wIghajbe'.
charghwI'vaD: *ghuy'Do*vaD jIQay' 'e' qayajmoHlaw'pu'. qarbe'. jIQay'rupDI',
muQay'Ha'moH *ghuy'Do*, *Hamlet* jabbI'IDDaj vIloStaHqu'bogh vIHevmo'.
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Nick Nicholas. Melbourne University, Aus. [email protected]
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