[Tlhingan-hol] 'ar again

[David Trimboli]

On 1/31/2013 2:50 PM, De'vID wrote:
>
>>> {Hol[vam] 'ar Dajatlh?}
>
>> Why does adding {-maj} or {-vam} to {Hol} make it clear that {Hol} refers to
>> only one language? These suffixes do not refer to number at all.
>
> Because when I ask of someone, in Klingon, {Holvam 'ar Dajatlh?} or
> {Holmaj 'ar Dajatlh?}, with no prior context establishing "these
> languages" or "our languages", I am obviously referring to the Klingon
> language.

"How many of these languages do you speak?"
"How many of our languages do you speak?"

Not quite what you mean. The more you try to shoehorn "what portion?" 
into {'ar}, the less I believe it.

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