[1578] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Between
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Sep 16 03:05:13 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: Captain Krankor <krankor@codex.prds.cdx.mot.com>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 93 01:53:06 -0400
markvo':
>Oh, lovely! I really didn't like the way {cha' wa'vatlhDaq} looked at all,
>but had nothing better. {vatlhvI'} really does the job far better. That's
>a construction I hope we allow ourselves to generalize, using {?-vI'} as a
>fraction suffix (like "-th" in English or Esperanto "-on"). We really need
>one, otherwise the only fraction we have is {bID}="half".
Well, I'm not so sure about generalizing -vI'. Not the least bit
sure. However, I do not feel that, lacking such a suffix, that we
are wholly without the ability to do fractions. Were I to need a
fraction, I would use DoD. Perhaps I am dealing from ignorance, but
isn't the "mark" in "course 111 mark 14" the same as a decimal
point? A decimal point lets us do a vast wealth of fractions.
Extra credit (10 points): Identify course 111.14.
--Krankor
