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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] qepHom grammar questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Thu Oct 5 07:56:09 2017
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Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 16:36:06 -0400
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On 10/4/2017 4:33 PM, Lawrence M. Schoen wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 2:39 PM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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.
I was just addressing the question about whether proper nouns or titles
might get special treatment. We've seen *cha'DIch* used as an apparently
special title, so I presented a few that couldn't be interpreted as
titles or nouns.
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/4/2017 4:33 PM, Lawrence M.
Schoen wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAMBCAn8DbA9GzXe3+t=xKkOq_-Ni2BYW2uT5o8XR1M-0vgWRBA@mail.gmail.com">On
Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 2:39 PM, SuStel <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">sustel@trimboli.name</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div class="m_915074306660501360moz-cite-prefix">On
10/4/2017 2:33 PM, qurgh lungqIj wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 2:21 PM,
Lawrence M. Schoen <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:klingonguy@gmail.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">klingonguy@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:
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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>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>A {cha'DIch} in that context is a special title for a
specific role though, it's not just counting something. </div>
</blockquote>
</span>
<p>It doesn't have to be. Since numbers can act like nouns</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div><br>
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<div>That was my point, yes. </div>
</blockquote>
<p>I was just addressing the question about whether proper nouns or
titles might get special treatment. We've seen <b>cha'DIch</b>
used as an apparently special title, so I presented a few that
couldn't be interpreted as titles or nouns.<br>
</p>
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