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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Ordinal numbers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven)
Fri Nov 6 02:37:46 2015
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From: Lieven <levinius@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 08:37:31 +0100
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Am 06.11.2015 um 07:55 schrieb Anthony Appleyard:
> If /N/ is a number, /N/Dich means "Nth". Thus, {loD wejDich} means "the
> 3rd man". That puts /N/Dich in the place of an adjective.
Careful. It only looks like it takes the place of the adjective. It
still remains a "number".
When you say {jIwejDIch} it's like "I third".
PS: are there canon examples of using a {-DIch} with noun and adjective?
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Lieven L. Litaer
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