[tlhIngan Hol] should {Dojmey} be treated as singular or plural ?

Jackson Bradley j.monroe.bradley at gmail.com
Wed Feb 5 05:50:25 PST 2020


mItbej lu- moHaq.

> Le 5 févr. 2020 à 07:41, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> We have the noun {Doj}, which is given as "batch, pile, heap, accumulation".
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> And we have the noun {Dojmey}, which is given as "mass, masses, multitude, a very large but indeterminate group of something".
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> But while the {Dojmey}, has the plural suffix {-mey}, its english definitions, with the exception of "masses", are singular..
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> So, if I want to say "masses saw the chancellor", which of the following do I need to write ?
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> {Qang leghpu' Dojmey} or {Qang luleghpu' Dojmey} ?
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> Or could it be, that if I mean "masses", I need to say {luleghpu'}, but if I want to say "a very large group saw the chancellor", I should write {leghpu'} ?
> 
> ~ mayqel qunen'oS
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