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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] The grammatical number of NOUN + 'ar

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven)
Sat Sep 9 04:21:19 2017

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Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 16:46:12 +0200
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Am 08.09.2017 um 16:33 schrieb De'vID:
> I don't understand. If you don't know how many of something there is,
> how could you know whether it was singular or plural?

Because you ask for "how MANY" - and "many" usually is more than one.

Hahaha - please don't take this too seriously ;-)

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