tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 19 16:20:47 2004
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Re: how long is it?, etc.
- From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: how long is it?, etc.
- Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 10:19:06 +1000
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jIghItlhpu':
>'m not sure whether you can use {'ar} without a modified noun to support
>it. If I were saying this myself, I'd rather expand on it: {'ar 'uj 'ab}
mujang Voragh:
>Okrand in TKD (p.70)
> {'ar} "how many? how much?" follows the noun to which it refers.
> It can never follow a noun with a plural suffix.
> {Haw'pu' yaS 'ar} "How many officers fled?"
> {nIn 'ar wIghaj} "How much fuel do we have?"
>Thus {'uj 'ar...}
ghuy'cha'! DopDaq qul yIchenmoH QobDI' ghu'.
jIghItlhtaH:
>"how many uj long is it?", {'ar qelI'qam 'ab He} "how many kellicams long
>is the road?".
jangtaH Voragh:
>{qelI'qam 'ar...}
qul vIchennISqa'moHlaw'. {{:) QaghmeywIj choSovmoHta'mo' qatlho'.
>I don't think you can say {nuq 'ab} "what does it measure?" You may have
>to use {ngu'} with a relative clause as we've seen in other questions of
>this type:
> 'uj 'ar 'abbogh yIngu'!
> Identify how many ujes it measures!
My turn to nitpick now. {{:P Being a question word, can we use {'ar} as a
relative pronoun in this way? I would have thought something like {'uj
'abbogh tItogh} "count the ujes it measures!", or even just {yIjuv} "Measure
it!". But your point remains the same, and I agree completely: {nuq 'ab}
looks strange.
Savan.
QeS lagh
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' qan je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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