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Correct/canon usage of numbers

Daniel Abraham ([email protected])

• From: Daniel Abraham <[email protected]>
• Subject: Correct/canon usage of numbers
• Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 21:22:04 +0300
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According to TKD, an ordinal number is placed after the noun (e.g. meb 
wa'DIch / first guest). My question is what's the grammatical type of 
the ordinal number? Does it function as a noun like regular numbers 
(something like "the first of guests")? Or as a sort of "adjective" 
(even though it's not a verb)?

Another question, regarding the "number forming elements" (maH, vatlh, 
etc.): are they suffixes or words? TKD shows them attached to the number 
words, while (I think) the "Bird of Prey" poster which is considered as 
canon has them separated by a space. So in other words, are both usages 
correct? Is there a distinction between different forming elements?

Also, is it correct to use a number forming element without a number 
(e.g. <'uy'> instead of <wa''uy'>)?

Thanks,
Daniel

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