tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 27 06:37:58 1996
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Re: To many identical words. Please comment
>Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 00:26:30 -0800
>From: [email protected]
>
>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
maj. bI'olmo' jIQuch (maybe this is a euphemism for "thanking" when it's
something minor? Who knows??). toH ramlaw' tlhIngan Hol mu'mey nIb.
>mu'tlhegh Daqmey nIbbe'Daq ghoghmey nIb DIlo' jIHvaD Qatlhbe'
tIqqu' mu'tlheghlIj ("run-on" 'oH). cha' wot lutu'lu'. 'ach qayaj.
~mark