[Tlhingan-hol] "up to" or "as many as"

David Trimboli david at trimboli.name
Fri Jul 12 07:03:34 PDT 2013


On 7/12/2013 9:50 AM, Felix Malmenbeck wrote:
>> No, I wouldn't do that. {DuHbe'bogh ghu'} is a more fundamental
>> idea than {jav ghu'} in this statement.
>>
>> rut jav DuHbe'bogh qech vIHarpu' nIQ vISoppa'.
>
> 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."

DuHbe'bogh qech 'ar? jav DuHbe'bogh qech.

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