tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jun 15 17:41:09 2003
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RE: collective/sentient
And if you want to be more literal, the word for "troops" in its plural form is /QaS/.
I suggest:
QaSma' tIvuv
DloraH <[email protected]> wrote:
> >I should probably know this, but I'm getting confused on a
> >grammer point involving a collective noun which refers to
> >persons. For "Respect our troups", which is correct:
> >
> >neghmaj yIvuv
> >neghma' yIvuv
> >neghmaj tIvuv
> >neghma' tIvuv
>
> neghma' yIvuv
>
> Inherently plural nouns are treated as grammatically singular.
> This one is still referring to beings capable of using language.
To emphesis what SuStel mentions, /negh/ is merely plural, not a collective
unit.
DloraH
Klingon Warrior
taHjaj wo'!
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