[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nap

[qov at kli.org]

It's exactly like the English sentence: "The sheep died."
How many sheep?  One sheep?  Ten sheep? You don't know yet. It doesn't
matter. 

English has a few nouns that work this way. In Klingon almost every noun
does, with a few exceptions, like DoS and qempa'.

- Qov

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DloraH [mailto:seruq at bellsouth.net]
> Sent: March 4, 2016 18:53
> To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
> Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nap
> 
> > > This confuses me ; how is it possible for the {SuvwI'vaD lo'laHbe'
> > > may' nap} phrase to be both singular and plural at the same time ?
> >
> > It's not so much that it is both; it's more like it could be either,
> > and the distinction isn't important. The statement is true whether the
> > subject and object are singular or plural.
> 
> Schrodinger's grammar.
> Until you open the box of context, both possibilities are true.
> 
> - DloraH
> 
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