[tlhIngan Hol] Each

[SuStel]

On 12/1/2016 1:35 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
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> and if I wrote: {jIyIttaHvIS wa' ngIq vIghro' vIlegh} ?
>
> qunnoH jan puqloD
> ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'
>
>
> On 1 Dec 2016 8:33 pm, "qurgh lungqIj" <qurgh at wizage.net 
> <mailto:qurgh at wizage.net>> wrote:
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>     On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 1:04 PM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com
>     <mailto:mihkoun at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         I remember some time ago we had discussed this at another
>         thread, and again no significant conclusions were made.
>
>         the only thing I'm able to understand from these canon
>         examples, is perhaps that context distinguishes between the
>         meaning of "a single one" and "each one".
>
>         If I write: {jIyIttaHvIS, ngIq vIghro' vIlegh}, then obviously
>         this must mean "while I was walking I saw a single cat". I
>         don't think one could translate this as "while I was walking I
>         saw one by one cat". what the hell is this supposed to mean ?
>         it would make no sense.
>
>     I can translate this as "While I am walking, I see cats one at a
>     time". So I saw a single cat, and then another single cat, then
>     another... etc.
>

Dunno. Since we don't fully understand *ngIq* and since Okrand hasn't 
ever used it with a number in front of it, whether your sentence is 
meaningful or grammatical is unknown.

Sorry, there are just some things we can't answer at this time.

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SuStel
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