tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 11 15:57:00 2000
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RE: math questions / speculations (longish)
On Mon, 2 Oct 2000 [email protected] wrote:
> Examples given in HQ:
> "4 + 3" /wej boq loS/
> "2 + 1" /wa' boq cha'/
> "4 - 3" /loS boqHa' wej/
> "3 - 4" /wej boqHa' loS/
> "2 x 3" /cha'logh boq'egh wej/
> "3 x 2" /wejlogh boq'egh cha'/
> "6 / 3" /wejlogh boqHa''egh jav/
> "3 / 6" /javlogh boqHa''egh wej/
>
> The rules derived from above are:
> A + B --> B boq A
> A - B --> A boqHa' B
> A x B --> A-logh boq'egh B
> A / B --> B-logh boqHa''egh A
Let me (a Beginner) take these one by one.
A + B --> B boq A = "A aligns with B."
A - B --> A boqHa' B = "B dis-aligns with/from A."
A x B --> A-logh boq'egh B = "B aligns with itself A times."
So far, so good.
A / B --> B-logh boqHa''egh A = "A dis-aligns with/from itself B
times."
That doesn't parse well to me. Can someone explain it? Or is it simply
something we must accept?
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