[Tlhingan-hol] list of inherent plurals

David Trimboli david at trimboli.name
Mon Dec 12 10:55:35 PST 2011


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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