tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 15 04:34:37 2006
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Re: easy question
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: easy question
- Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 05:38:43 EST
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In a message dated 1/15/2006 3:37:38 AM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
> 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.
>
If {negh} can be used with numbers, then it can be used with {wa'}, making it
singular, which conflicts with its inherent plural meaning, even though
grammatically it is singular.
lay'tel SIvten