tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 06 14:24:16 2000
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RE: Hoch -- lo' law' mu'!
- From: Burt Clawson <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Hoch -- lo' law' mu'!
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 15:21:25 -0700
ja' ghunchu'wI' 'utlh
toH jIlughchu'!
> >...When {Hoch} precedes a noun, it acts a lot like a
> >number. {Hoch nIn} is "each fuel"; {nIn Hoch} is "all of the fuel"...
>
> ja' De'vID:
> >I don't know if this has been answered already but how does
> >one express "each" and "every" in Klingon?
>
> They are both expressed by putting the word {Hoch} in front of the noun.
> The distinction between them is implied by the absence or presence of a
> plural suffix on the noun.
>
> {Hov bav Hoch yuQ} "Each planet orbits a star."
> {Hov bav Hoch yuQmey} "All planets orbit stars."
>
> There's not much difference in meaning between these two. However --
>
> {Hoch paq vIlaD} "I read each book."
> {Hoch paqmey vIlaD} "I read all books."
>
> The first one implies that the books were read one at a time, with a
> slight emphasis on the uniqueness of each individual book. The second
> lumps books together into a general category.
>
> -- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh
>
- tuv'el