tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 20 10:35:41 1997
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Re: Hoch, HochHom, bID, 'op
tera'ngan jIH. pongwIj 'oH yanDroS joH'e'. vIyIn 'oH *Scotland*'e'
*English* *specify*taH wotchugh wa' law' ghap, 'ej mu'tlheg choHtaH.
'Sheep are grazing' 'ach 'A sheep is grazing.'
~yanDroS
NB *Scotland*Daq wIghajbe' *KGT*. naDevDaq *September 1997*.
At 21:20 18/08/97 -0700, William H. Martin wrote:
>> > Which is correct?
>> > cha' wISop
>> > cha' DISop
>
>We are not sure. Most likely, these are not the same. {cha} is
>inherantly plural, sort of like the word "rain" or "grass" is
>for English. Rain is falling (not rain are falling) and grass is
>green (not grass are green). Meanwhile, if we use numbers as
>nouns, we say, "Two are coming down the road." We don't say,
>"Two is coming down the road."
>
>It is not necessarily true that Klingon will follow these
>examples, since English is inconsistent. Sheep are grazing. It
>is not the case that sheep is grazing. Cattle are restless, not
>cattle is restless.
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