[Tlhingan-hol] Inherently plural nouns and numbers

[David Trimboli]

On 11/21/2011 9:07 AM, ghunchu'wI' 'utlh wrote:
 >
 > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:38 AM, Philip 
Newton<philip.newton at 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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