[tlhIngan Hol] expressing age without the {x ben boghpu'}

[De'vID]

On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 at 14:33, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> wa'Hu', yabwIjDaq narghpu' wa' qech, 'ej mutlhu'moHtaH qechvam. pelaD.
>
> cha'vatlh ben HIq
>
> two century old ale
>
> DaH, jIjatlhchugh {loSmaH ben nuv}, vaj ghaytan jIHvaD jatlh vay':
>
> loSmaH ben nuv = person of forty years ago
>

{wa'maH ben loDnI'wI'} has appeared in canon for "my 10-year-old brother".
{loSmaH ben nuv} is assuredly "40-year-old person".


> maj. QIjlaw'ghach vIlaj..
>
> vaj DaH jIqon:
>
> loSmaH DIS nuv = person of forty years = forty years person = forty years
> (old) person.
>
> 'ej DaH Quch Hoch, qar'a' ?
>

This is a "40-years person". Perhaps you're sending a bunch of people on
missions lasting for 40, 60, and 80 years, and you're referring to the
person sent on the 40-year mission.

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