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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] "up to" or "as many as"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Fri Jul 12 10:03:56 2013
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 10:03:34 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: "tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org"
<tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org>
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On 7/12/2013 9:50 AM, Felix Malmenbeck wrote:
>> No, I wouldn't do that. {DuHbe'bogh ghu'} is a more fundamental
>> idea than {jav ghu'} in this statement.
>>
>> rut jav DuHbe'bogh qech vIHarpu' nIQ vISoppa'.
>
> I'm skeptical towards placing a counting word before the verb rather
> than the noun; in my mind, that would make {jav} the object (or
> perhaps the beneficiary} of {DuHbogh}.
Which turns out to be nonsensical: "idea which is impossible six."
DuHbe'bogh qech 'ar? jav DuHbe'bogh qech.
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David Trimboli
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