tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 04 06:36:58 1998
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Re: Yet more questions
- From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Yet more questions
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 15:20:31 +0100
ghItlh monbogh tlhIngan:
>This might sound rather Borgish but why not "(number) of (number)" ? Is
>ther an "of" in Hol?
>
> --da laffin tlhIngan :>
There is no word "of" on its own, usually verbs/nouns contain the meaning of
"of", or it's translated in a completely different way.
For multiplication, I would use the {-logh} suffix:
{wejlogh Hut rap cha'maH Soch} "27 is the same as three times nine"
(I used this order, because most people say the answer after the
calculation)
Is {wav} "divide" meant in the mathematical sense?
{wa' wav vagh} would thus be "five divides one", or one fifth.
{wa' wav vagh rap pagh vI' cha'}
understandable??
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