tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 09 21:59:27 1997
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Re: KLBC: big numbers
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: big numbers
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 21:59:21 -0700 (PDT)
At 12:17 PM 9/9/97 -0700, muHwI' wrote:
>Is it possible to say in klingon phrases like
>"...millions of (whatever)"
>"thousands of..."
>"hundreds..."
>Can we make plurals with numbers ?
>like *vatlhmey* or *'uy'mey*
>"I have traveled millions of kellicams to get here"
>{naDev vIghoSmeH 'uy' law' qelI'qam vIlengta'} (?)
The problem is that plural suffixes are for nouns, and Klingon numbers are
chuvmey, not nouns. While I wouldn't be surprised to learn that these Carl
Saganesque constructions are legal, we can't use them until Marc Okrand
reports that Klingons do.
Qov ([email protected])
Beginners' Grammarian