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Re: Hol chu' HaDlu''a'?

...Paul ([email protected])

• From: "...Paul" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Hol chu' HaDlu''a'?
• Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:01:07 -0800 (PST)
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On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Steven Boozer wrote:
> lay'tel:
>> How about "every/all third months"?
>
> Good idea.  I hadn't considered ordinal numbers:
>
>   qaSDI' Hoch jar wejDIch, motlh chovnatlh chu' lab tlhIngan Hol yejHaD.
>   When(ever) every third month occurs, the KLI usually sends out a new issue.
>
> I like it.  And you can drop {-taH} which is probably over-kill with
> {motlh} anyway.  In fact, you don't need any aspect suffix at all.  We have
> several examples of a repetitive - or at least a general - statement, where
> {-DI'} could also be translated "whenever":

I like it too.  /qaSDI' Hoch jar wejDIch/...  Definitely clean.  My only 
concern is that it seems like it refers to "March" -- ie. the idea of 
"third month" would be always related to the start of the year.  Rather 
than being "every three months" it's "every third month (of the year)". 
Maybe that's just me putting a connotation where none exists -- I'd be 
perfectly happy to call this a solution...

...Paul

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