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Re: latlh Hov vISuch





ja' ter'eS
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One question:  We know how to express numbers up to 9 million, but how do
you
express a number beyond that?  I looked at the word {netlh}, ten thousand,
and
concluded that we're not allowed to put two-digit numbers before a
"place-marker".
That is, 22,000 has to be {cha'netlh cha'SaD} and not *{cha'maH cha'SaD}.
So, I wrote {wejmaH wa''uy'} above, but I don't mean "31 million" but "30
counts
of one million", i.e., "30 million".  Any ideas?
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We do have some precedent for this in the telling of time. You do say
<cha'maH cha'vatlh rep> for 2200 hours (10pm). I don't know if that
can qualify for a general pattern of use for the numbers though. I would
understand in your context the word <wejmaH'uy'> as 30,000,000. Before
I had read your summary, I thought you did mean 31,000,000!

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