tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 08 17:28:35 1996
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Re: KLBC Preguntas
- From: david barron <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC Preguntas
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 18:27:13 -0700 (MST)
At 02:34 PM 2/8/96 -0800, you wrote:
>According to David Barron:
>>
>>
>> Boy, you ask some good questions. Most of which we've hashed out over
>> the years. But as for this one:
>>
>> > 4. Is there any way to express a fraction?
>>
>> I wrote an article in HolQeD v3n2 on how one might deal with simple
>> arithmatical properties. I proposed that in order to say 1/10 you would
>> say <wa'vo' wavbogh wa'maH> "one from which ten divides".
>
>I respectfully challenge this. It it the old "ship in which I
>fled" problem. Since you can't mark {wa'} with two different
>Type 5 suffixes at the same time, this can also mean "ten which
>divides from one". Either way, it is more that a little bit
>cryptic. And how would you say, "five and three tenths"?
Excuse my mental desity here,
but in both these example isnt 10 dividing into 1?
>
>I responded to the article on the net and because everyone read
>my response, Lawrence refused to publish it in HolQeD because
>it could no longer be peer reviewed anonymously.
>
Boy, I am sorry i don't remember the post. I regret it wasnt in HolQeD
as well.
>The fact is, Okrand has not told us how to express fractions,
>beyond {bID}, except as percent. One tenth would be
>{wa'maHvatlhvI'}. Five and three tenths would be {vagh
>wejvatlhvI'}.
Ok, this works.
I like it. sorry I didnt think of it myself.
>
>> david
>
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