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Re: KLBC: number



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'




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