[tlhIngan Hol] qepHom grammar questions

[Lawrence M. Schoen]

On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 2:39 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:

> On 10/4/2017 2:33 PM, qurgh lungqIj wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Lawrence M. Schoen <klingonguy at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Imagine a situation in which a Romulan challenges me to a duel. It's an
>> honor thing, so naturally, I accept, but I hold the Romulan in such
>> contempt that instead of asking someone like you to serve as my second, I
>> instead assign that role to my pet mugato. Would I not describe the mugato
>> as *cha'DIchwIj*?
>>
>
> A {cha'DIch} in that context is a special title for a specific role
> though, it's not just counting something.
>
> It doesn't have to be. Since numbers can act like nouns
>

That was my point, yes.
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