tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 14 04:29:54 1999
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Re: 'op
Alan Anderson wrote:
> ja'pu' Quvar muHwI':
> >And, do you use only "some of" the leaves? I think {'op} does not mean "I
> >use some leaves. Experts, help me out here.
>
> KGT defines {'op} thusly: "some, an unknown or unspecified quantity (n)"
> {'op pormey} certainly does mean "some leaves". It might or might not be
> okay to translate it as "some of"; I'd tend to avoid it, myself.
>
Dajqu'.
QIn ngo' vIqaw'chu'chugh, *some of* jatlhlu'meH *'op* lo'laH vay'.
If I remember an earlier post correctly, one can use *Hoch*, *'op* and
other quantifier nouns in both ways. The meaning depends on the position
of the noun relative to the noun it modifies. soooo, if i write
Hoch pormey <all leaves>
pormey Hoch <all of the leaves>
and
'op pormey <some leaves>
pormey 'op <some of the leaves>
jIQaghqa''a'?
Am I wrong again?
jIQaghqa'chugh, *TKD *KGT QInmey ngo' je vIlaDqa'nIS 'e' vIQub...
voqbe'wI'
>
> -- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh