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Re: KLBC mu'ghomHomwIj vIlo'be'



-----Original Message-----
From: Qov <[email protected]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, December 19, 1997 1:10 AM
Subject: Re: KLBC mu'ghomHomwIj vIlo'be'


>}qaSpu'DI' 'op jarmey (*), *Internet*
>}vIghajchoH, 'ej jabbI'IDghomvam vIlaDchoH. qaSpu'DI' 'op jarmey (*),
>
>}(*): Is this the right use of {'op}? Should I leave out the {-mey}
>}after {jar}?
>
>{'op} was one of the ones that came up while I was off list.  SuStel?

I have speculated (based on the KGT definition and the use in SkyBox card
S7) that {'op} is used like {Hoch}: that is, when preceding the noun it
refers to an unspecified quantity of those nouns, whereas when following the
noun it indicates an unspecified portion of the single noun.  Whether plural
markers work the same way they do as on {Hoch} is uncertain, but it might
still represent distinguishing a collection of the noun as a whole or taken
individually.

In other words, {'op jarmey} would mean "some of the months, taken as a
whole."  That would be exactly what Doneq wants.  {'op jar} would be "some
of the months, taken individually," which means {qaSpu'DI' 'op jar} would
end up as "as soon as each month was completed."

If the intended meaning is "some of the month, a portion of the month,"
you'd use {jar 'op}.

Note that these rules have not been confirmed by Okrand.  They are what I
consider to be the most logical rules one can derive from the evidence we
have so far.

Another possibility (depending on your exact meaning) would be {jar puS} or
{jarmey puS} "a few months."

SuStel
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