tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 11 12:45:48 2006
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RE: [KLBC] RE: *be'nI'nal
- From: Shane MiQogh <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: [KLBC] RE: *be'nI'nal
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:45:37 -0700 (PDT)
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Well, i thought you ment (at first) that you were saying it implied (deffinately) that there was more than one wife and warrior.
DloraH <[email protected]> wrote: > >Strictly, {luHoHlu'}, because {be'nal SuvwI' je} is plural.
>
> mujang Shane MiQogh, ja':
> >how so?
>
> Because you're talking about two people: {be'nal} "the wife"
> and {SuvwI'}
> "the warrior". The conjunction {je} makes the two nouns
> behave as one large noun phrase.
Actually... we don't know if there are ONLY TWO people. Because plural
suffixes are optional, either or both /be'nal/ and /SuvwI'/ can be plural.
This could be "wives and warriors". Context would tell.
DloraH
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