tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 27 00:20:46 1996
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Re: To many identical words. Please comment
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: To many identical words. Please comment
- Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 03:20:16 -0500
In a message dated 96-12-26 10:51:14 EST, ~mark writes:
<< I don't know either, but I suspect it's not all that unusual. Hell, in
Chinese I understand that *EVERY WORD* has an average of about *six*
different meanings, and that's counting words with different tones as
different. >>
Since I am from Taiwan and speak Mandarin, I will add an aside. The
pronunciation zhih has 147 different characters, hence different meanings, in
the standard Student's Chinese Dictionary. The pronunciation pou has only 1;
and ga has only 2.
HIja' bIlugh vatlhvI' SImDI' jav qechmey 'oS chinese mu'mey ghoghmey
nIb
mu'tlhegh Daqmey nIbbe'Daq ghoghmey nIb DIlo' jIHvaD Qatlhbe'
mu'tlheghvamDaq wot mojaq 'oH wa' {be'}'e' 'ej DIp 'oH wa' {be'}'e'
qanbe' be'vam
qay'be' jay' 'ej tlhaQqu'
Sachjaj tlhIngan Hol 'ej reH maghojtaHjaj
peHruS