[96681] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] "up to" or "as many as"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Fri Jul 12 10:23:39 2013
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>,
"tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org"
<tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:21:53 +0000
In-Reply-To: <51E00CB6.8080900@trimboli.name>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
>> 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."
Yes, but there are plenty of cases where the same principle wouldn't be nonsensical. {chorgh HoHbogh tlhIngan}, {Soch Sopbogh targhmey}, {jav naDbogh joHpu'}...
Primarily, though, my issue is with placing the number ahead of the verb. I suppose it's not impossible, though; paq'batlh (paq'raD, Canto 1, Stanza 9) does mention {Heghpu'bogh nuvpu' qa'pu'} in reference to the spirits of the dead, suggesting one can use a -bogh phrase as one of the "nouns" in a noun+noun compound.
I don't understand why you don't want the {jav} in the subject, though. Is it because you feel that makes them be impossible only when considered together?
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