[tlhIngan Hol] I've had it with the finger verbs !

[mayqel qunenoS]

naHQun:
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thanks ! this is wonderful !

mop qIj qunnoq

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 6:39 PM, Michael Roney, Jr. <nahqun at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 5:13 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> When we talk about fingers at earth, we use this numbering :
>>
>> thumb or great toe = number one
>> and THEN we say second finger/toe, third finger/toe etc.
>>
>
> I think I finally caught on on why you're confused.
>
> When I talk about fingers, I don't use numbers.
> So I was confused why you were talking about numbers.
>
> Then I realized that the English glosses Okrand provided do, indeed number
> the fingers.
> I usually ignore them because I use the names of the fingers.
>
> In America, and Okrand is American last I checked, we start counting with
> our index/pointer finger.
> That is, unless you're my wife or son, and then they start counting with
> their thumbs...
>
> The thumb isn't always considered a finger.
> So one could say that Humans have 1 thumb and 4 fingers.
>
> So if you were to count your fingers, you would start with the pointer
> finger.
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> So my pinky is my fourth finger, final, and smallest finger.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> ~naHQun
>
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