tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 20 22:13:49 1997
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Re: Hoch, HochHom, bID, 'op
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Hoch, HochHom, bID, 'op
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 97 03:24:19 UT
[email protected] on behalf of Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> >>> Which is correct?
> >>> cha' wISop
> >>> cha' DISop
> >
> >cha' here is the word two - but we don't yet know if cha', acting as a
> >noun, is inherently singular or plural. So to say "We eat two", one of
> >these is right, but we have no idea which yet.
>
> p.54 of TKD seems to imply it should be {cha' DISop}.
Indeed. In {mulegh cha'}, {mulegh} is translated specifically as "they see
me," not as "he/she/it/they see me."
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