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Re: Inherently Plural Nouns

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Inherently Plural Nouns
• Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 22:21:38 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

ja' peHruS:
><< You're right, of course - {begh} probably doesn't have a singular
> counterpart, at least not in Klingon.  >>
>
>rut mu' nap ghajbe' je Hebrew Hol
>{mayim} {shemayim} {chayim} je rur
>Dochmey law' ngu' mu'meyvam 'ach wa' Doch neH ngu'laHbe' Hebrew Hol jatlhbogh
>nuvpu'

There's nothing all that unusual about these words.  "Water" isn't quite
singular in English, either.  One can't really talk about "one furniture"
or "three bloods".  The "mass noun" vs. "count noun" distinction occurs in
most languages I know of.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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