tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 20 02:21:14 2003
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Re: "to be" and plurals
>> wej cha yIbaH
>> Fire three torpedoes!
>>
>> wej peng tIbaH
>> Fire three (scattered) torpedoes!
some phrases with numbers:
{wa' DoS neH yIbuS.}
"Focus on but one target." (TKW)
KGT p105:
{wa' DoS wIqIp}
"we hit one target"
(idiom: "we agree")
{cha' DoSmey DIqIp}
"we hit two (scattered) targets"
(idiom: "we disagree")
DloraH:
>Would they be scattered without the -mey?
I think not. TKD tells us that
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The singular forms may take the {-mey} suffix, but the meaning always carries the "scattered all about''
connotation:
{DoSmey} "targets scattered all about"
{pengmey} "torpedoes all over the place"
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Quvar
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