tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 15 02:24:38 2001

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Re: pa'mey



At 17:20 14.06.01 -0400, you wrote:
>/mebpa'meymey/ would seem to be simply wrong.
Yes.

>In a sentence, /mebpa'mey/ would be treated as plural:
>
>mebpa'mey DIghoS.
>We head for the hotel.
>(not /mebpa'mey wIghoS/)

So is this the way to say it?

- naDev mebpa'mey law' tu'lu''a'?
"Are there many hotels here?"
lit: does one observe many guestrooms here?

- ghobe'. cha' mebpa' qachmey neH wIghaj.
"No, we only have two hotels."
lit: no. we have only two guestroom buildings.

Quvar.



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