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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Inherently plural nouns and numbers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Mon Nov 21 09:20:17 2011
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:16:12 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <CAFK8js2Nh3N6uEYWbthBVTQ6P4n8X6q_kDLJ7WVJOF0LOuoHTg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 11/21/2011 9:07 AM, ghunchu'wI' 'utlh wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:38 AM, Philip
Newton<philip.newton@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Since mentioning inherently plural nouns as possibly being similar to
>> collective nouns in English, I wonder whether it's possible to use
>> numbers with them, and if so, how.
>
> I wonder that as well. It's one of the holes in our knowledge of
> Klingon grammar.
>
> I can think of only one thing that's even slightly relevant to the
> question. "Always trust your instincts" is translated as {Duj
> tIvoqtaH} in TKD's appendix, and "Trust your instincts" is translated
> as {DujlIj yIvoq} in KGT. Apparently {Duj} can be construed as
> inherently plural and thus grammatically singular, but it doesn't have
> to be.
I think it's much more likely that {Duj tIvoqtaH} is an instance of
Okrand forgetting the rule for inherently plural nouns.
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