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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] qepHom grammar questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lawrence M. Schoen)
Thu Oct 5 03:11:05 2017
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From: "Lawrence M. Schoen" <klingonguy@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 16:33:16 -0400
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On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 2:39 PM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
> On 10/4/2017 2:33 PM, qurgh lungqIj wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Lawrence M. Schoen <klingonguy@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Imagine a situation in which a Romulan challenges me to a duel. It's an
>> honor thing, so naturally, I accept, but I hold the Romulan in such
>> contempt that instead of asking someone like you to serve as my second, I
>> instead assign that role to my pet mugato. Would I not describe the mugato
>> as *cha'DIchwIj*?
>>
>
> A {cha'DIch} in that context is a special title for a specific role
> though, it's not just counting something.
>
> It doesn't have to be. Since numbers can act like nouns
>
That was my point, yes.
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<div>Imagine a situation in which a Romulan challenges me
to a duel. It's an honor thing, so naturally, I accept,
but I hold the Romulan in such contempt that instead of
asking someone like you to serve as my second, I instead
assign that role to my pet mugato. Would I not describe
the mugato as <b>cha'DIchwIj</b>?</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
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<div>A {cha'DIch} in that context is a special title for a
specific role though, it's not just counting something.=C2=A0</=
div>
</blockquote>
</span><p>It doesn't have to be. Since numbers can act like nouns</=
p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That was my point, yes. =C2=A0</di=
v></div>
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