[tlhIngan Hol] using ordinals on their own

[Will Martin]

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> On Apr 29, 2022, at 2:01 PM, D qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> SuStel:
> > "The first who flees" could mean different
> > things:
> > "The first to flee." Multiple people flee,
> > and you're talking about the
> > first one of those.
> > "The first (who happens to flee)." There
> > are multiple people, and you're
> > talking about the first one, and this first
> > one happens to be fleeing.
> > Nothing is said about the others fleeing.
> 
> Interesting. I hadn't ever noticed this ambiguity.
> 
> And in fact, thinking now of this matter, I realize that the same can happen in Greek too. But rarely is any ambiguity actually noticed because context clarifies the intended meaning.
> 
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