tlhob muHwI':
> Why do you always say
> {qep'a' loSDIch} (fourth big meeting)
> and not
> {qep'a' loS} (big meeting number four)
Putting a cardinal number after the noun implies a label, identifying the
noun as one of a sequence. Using an ordinal number with {-DIch} indicates
that the nouns are being counted, not labeled.
-- ghunchu'wI'