tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 14 17:22:21 2001
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Re: pa'mey
From: "Quvar valer" <[email protected]>
> By the wa, what is the plural form of the klingon word for "hotel"?
> Is {mebpa'mey} = "Hotel" or ist it "guestrooms"?
It seems clear to me that /mebpa'mey/ IS a plural word. It literally means
"guestrooms," but a collection of guestrooms just happens to be called a
"hotel," so "hotel" is a good translation of /mebpa'mey/. Klingon would
seem to have no singular noun meaning "hotel."
/mebpa'meymey/ would seem to be simply wrong.
In a sentence, /mebpa'mey/ would be treated as plural:
mebpa'mey DIghoS.
We head for the hotel.
(not /mebpa'mey wIghoS/)
SuStel
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