[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' vaghmaH vagh: <taS SuQ>‏

[Steven Boozer]

I still see it as part of a simple progression:

none - some - half -  most   - all
pagh - 'op  - bID  - HochHom - Hoch


YMMV.

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ghunchu'wI' 'utlh [mailto:qunchuy at alcaco.net]
> 
> ja' Voragh:
>> It might just be my dialect, but {'op} "some" implies "few" or
>> at least "not many"... I think of {'op} as being the opposite
>> of {HochHom} "most, greater part",...
> 
> I too disagree with that understanding. I think {'op} just means an
> unspecified number. It implies a number greater than zero, and I
> wouldn't use it when the number is likely to be all of the population
> being considered, but I don't know that doing so would be wrong.
> 
> -- ghunchu'wI'