[87349] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Numbers with pronouns
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Mon Nov 30 21:25:27 2009
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:22:25 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
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Christopher Doty wrote:
> I'm wondering about using numbers with pronouns. Okrand gives examples like
>
> <mulegh cha'>
> "Two (of them) see me"
>
> but I don't see anything like
>
> <mulegh cha' chaH>
> "Two of them see me"
>
> How does this sound to people?
I can't say it's wrong, but it doesn't look right, either. I think it
would be roughly equivalent to saying "Two thems see me" in English.
> And what if one is using the pronoun as a verb instead of a noun?
> E.g.,
>
> <nItebHa' cha' maHvIS...>
> "While we two are together..."
>
> Does that seem okay?
{-vIS} always requires {-taH}.
This seems a little more plausible, but I would still avoid it in
general use, simply because it's weird.
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