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Re: The Postal Course




Thomas Staller wrote:
> 
> jatlh peHruS:
> 
> >[...]
> >
> > "Finally, for everything else (i.e., neither language users
> > nor body parts), -mey is used."  Only three (3) types of
> > plurals are referred to in the Postal Course.  What happens
> > to the fourth kind of singular/plural pair?
> >
> jImIS. qatlh bIjatlh <<... fourth kind ...>>?
> <-mey> <-Du'> <-pu'> je vISov neH. nuq 'oH DIp mojaq loS'e'?
> 
>         voqbe'wI'

'oH vISov vIneH je.  Perhaps the inherently plural but 
grammatically singular words? i.e.  <DoS> and <ray'>?

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