[91245] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] list of inherent plurals
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Mon Dec 12 13:55:57 2011
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:55:35 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <CAFK8js1WjzZ9xzitGfymiq0njcLodek3KuFiE96KwWNX3vMK=Q@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On 12/12/2011 1:38 PM, ghunchu'wI' 'utlh wrote:
>
>> "GO" DajuSDI' cha'vatlh QaS yItlhap
>> Collect 200 salary as you pass. MKE
>>
>> wa'vatlh QaS yItlhap
>> Gain 100 forces. MKE
>
> These, however, deserve significant attention and scrutiny. Does
> anyone else see why I find them so interesting?
Because they demonstrate an inherently plural noun whose members are
being counted, and yet the verb uses a prefix for singular objects.
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