[tlhIngan Hol] Hoch, {-pu'}/{-mey}, the indefinite, and cats

[Alan Anderson]

On May 17, 2019, at 1:33 PM, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
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> And (the subject of this thread), in order to say "someone sees all cats", we *have* to place the {-mey} on the noun after the {Hoch}, thus writing {Hoch vIghro'mey luleghlu'}.

In my internalized model of how {Hoch X} works, the alternative {Hoch vIghro' luleghlu'} violates a kind of {rom}. The plural indication of the verb prefix isn’t strong enough to coerce {Hoch vIghro'} into meaning {Hoch vIghro'mey}.

-- ghunchu'wI'
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