tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 15 01:35:26 2006
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Re: easy question
- From: "QeS 'utlh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: easy question
- Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:35:12 +1000
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ghItlhpu' Quvar, ja':
>Back to my original question:
Sorry for the digression. {{:)
>This probably a more general question, and not only with mang/negh but also
>with jengva'/ngop and DoS/ray' etc.:
>Is it better to say {loS mang} or {loS negh}?
>I prefer the first, because {negh} sounds like there are too many soldiers
>as to count them.
I also prefer the first, but for a different reason. :) To me, {negh}
strikes me as collective: "a group of soldiers", maybe. {loS negh} sounds
odd, and if it meant anything at all, I would interpret it as "four groups
of soldiers" or something similar. And anyway, since plural marking is
optional on a noun after a number, {loS mang} avoids the problem entirely.
>I just need to translate a sentence like "four soldiers helped us".
{nuQaH loS mang} vIlaj jIH.
QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute
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- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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