tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Sep 01 03:40:51 1999
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Re: KLBC: Conjunctions for Numbers
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Conjunctions for Numbers
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 06:40:14 EDT
In a message dated 8/22/1999 8:59:57 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< Or maybe, since you don't have to indicate
>plural on a noun which is preceeded by a number, we should say
>{wej peng} instead of {wej cha} (I changed the number to three
>to make it a less confusing example).
Agreed; the irregular plural makes this a little less than comfortable.
But I was answering in terms of the use of {ghap} with the numbers. I
probably should have used {peng} instead of {cha}; maybe that's a hair less
controversial (since Klingon singular nouns can at least usually also be
plural) >>
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DaH jIQoch. law'DI' Doch qelbogh tlhIngan Hol DIp, mojaq {-mey} wIlo'nISbe'
net Sov. 'ach cha law' DellaHbe' DIp {peng} 'e' vIHar. wa' peng neH
wIghajtaHvIS DIp {peng} wIlo'laH 'e' vIQub. law'DI', DIp {cha} wIlo'nIS 'e'
vIQub.
peHruS