tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 02 10:48:31 1999
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RE: time
- From: "Rose, Thornton (Atlanta)" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: time
- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 13:48:17 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William H. Martin [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 1:22 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: time
>
[...]
> > Another question: The answer to {'arlogh Qoylu'pu'} is usually
> > {chorghlogh} (here for "eight o'clock"). Do we know how to say 7:15
> > p.m.?? According to CK, I would say {wa'maHHutvatlh wa'maHvagh rep}, but
>
> I'd say {wa'maH Hutvatlh wa'maH vagh rep}. Some put in even more
> spaces than I do, but in general, it seems like the number
> elements indicating powers of ten get merged with the digit
> number, and these "paired" number words are then separated from
> one another by spaces. It definitely makes them easier to read.
> One word per digit, basically.
>
> In other words, these are numbers:
>
> pagh
> wa'
> cha'
> wej
> los
> vagh
> jav
> Soch
> chorgh
> Hut
>
> These are "number forming elements":
>
> -maH
> -vatlh
> -SaD
> etc.
>
> So, eleven is {wa'maH wa'}. One hundred twenty three is
> {wa'vatlh cha'maH wej}. See? Others likely will not like this,
> but it works for me and it fits the descriptions in TKD
> describing numbers, though the definitions in the word list are
> not consistent. He uses the term "number forming element"
> sometimes and not at others, even on the same word from one side
> of the dictionary to the other.
>
So, can number forming elements be combined? Can I say either
{cha'netlh} or {cha'maHvatlh} for "twenty thousand (20,000)"? Would
I say {meb wej'maHDIch} for "thirtieth (30th) guest"?
[...]
> charghwI' 'utlh
>
~ Thornton