tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 17 01:18:08 1997
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Re: some tidbits qororvo'
- From: Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: some tidbits qororvo'
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 11:08:15 -0800
- Organization: Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science
- References: <[email protected]>
Marian Schwartz wrote:
> ghItlh charghwI'
> >"-maH" the prefix is probably closer to "-ty" than to "ten" [...].
> >Would you say "I saw tys of them"?
<mon> *_ties_ vImaS.
> Well, you might say that "ty" is a number-forming element in English
> and works the same way in Klingon.
It's not just that you might; you have to say that. _tKD_ is very
explicit on the subject.
> But, although it's tough to put my argument into words,
That won't do. qech Datobchugh, chaq wIlaj; Datobbe'chugh, vaj bIluj.
> I still stand by "maHpu'ma'Daq nargh SanIDpu'."
bImul 'e' yImev. ***DIp 'oHbe'bej {-maH}'e'.*** pItlh.
--'Iwvan
--
"reH Sov yInej 'ej Dap yImuS, <dOstI bA mardom-e dAnA nEkO-st,
jagh val qaq law' jup QIp qaq puS" do^sman-e dAnA beh az nAdAn dOst>
(Sheikh Muslihuddin Abu Muhammad Abdullah Saadi Shirazi)
Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected], [email protected]>
Dept for Math Lx, Inst for Maths & CompSci, Bulg Acad of Sciences
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