tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 16 11:51:12 1999
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RE: KLBC: Room number
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Room number
- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:53:42 -0700
jatlh 'oghwI'
> Just a very quick question.
> If I wanted to say room 5 would that be
> pagh pa'
> or
> pa' pagh?
Neither - <pagh> is zero. 'ej pa'wIjDaq nuq Data'? {{;-)>
If a number is precedes a noun, it is a count: <vagh pa'> - five rooms. If
the number is follows a noun, it is a number: <pa' vagh> - room #5. Finally,
if you add a <-DIch> to the number, it becomes an ordinal and follows the
noun: <pa' vaghDIch> - the fifth room.
> I think it's the first one.
> And also 'oghwI'`s room.
> 'oghwI' pa'
maj.
pagh
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