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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] qepHom grammar questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Thu Oct 5 09:26:08 2017
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Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 14:39:28 -0400
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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:
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> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 12:33 PM, qurgh lungqIj <qurgh@wizage.net
> <mailto:qurgh@wizage.net>> wrote:
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> To me {wejDIch} isn't a thing that can be owned by someone,
> it's simply a way to count things in a list. Putting a
> possessive on it just seems strange to my mind.
>
>
> 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...
*DujmeywIj tIHo'!
HoSghaj wa'DIchwIj.
'IH cha'DIchwIj.
veQ Duj 'oH wejDIchwIj'e'.
*
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/4/2017 2:33 PM, qurgh lungqIj
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CALPi+eR7aTq6C5L9gGZZWboZwGFzrx3opXXGgiOB6azjkCaUNQ@mail.gmail.com">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:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><br>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Wed, Oct 4, 2017
at 12:33 PM, qurgh lungqIj <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:qurgh@wizage.net" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">qurgh@wizage.net</a>></span>
wrote:
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_extra">
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div><br>
To me {wejDIch} isn't a thing that can be
owned by someone, it's simply a way to count
things in a list. Putting a possessive on it
just seems strange to my mind.</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div><br>
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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>
<p>It doesn't have to be. Since numbers can act like nouns...</p>
<blockquote>
<p><b>DujmeywIj tIHo'!<br>
HoSghaj wa'DIchwIj.<br>
'IH cha'DIchwIj.<br>
veQ Duj 'oH wejDIchwIj'e'.<br>
</b></p>
</blockquote>
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