tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jul 11 18:43:34 2009
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Re: {pagh Doch} or {pagh Dochmey}? (Fwd: [Question #76058]: Klingon plural expression is this: Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=n > 1)
- From: "ghunchu'wI'" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: {pagh Doch} or {pagh Dochmey}? (Fwd: [Question #76058]: Klingon plural expression is this: Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=n > 1)
- Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:41:15 -0400
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On Jul 11, 2009, at 9:13 PM, pm5 wrote:
> I was [proposing][1] a Klingon plural expression in [Launchpad
> translation][2], so they can setup the system to help translating
> software into Klingon. I was asked to verify that "zero things" in
> Klingon is {pagh Doch} instead of {pagh Dochmey}.
I would probably never say {pagh Dochmey}. "Zero" is not more than
one thing. I often leave off the plural suffix when counting things
explicitly anyway. For something like a count of computer files I
think I prefer it that way:
0 file
1 file
2 file
The only time a plural suffix is "required" is when distinguishing
between the "each" and "all" meanings of {Hoch}:
{Hoch ta} "each record"
{Hoch tamey} "all records"
-- ghunchu'wI'