[tlhIngan Hol] {ngIq} again

Ed Bailey bellerophon.modeler at gmail.com
Mon Jun 13 13:56:34 PDT 2022


On Monday, June 13, 2022, Iikka Hauhio <fergusq at protonmail.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to use *Hoch* after a countable singular noun? Like *chab
> Hoch vISop* *I eat the whole cake* (I've seen some use *naQ*, but I've
> understood that it is wrong, as the cake is "whole" before I eat it
> regardless of whether I eat all of it or just a part).
>
> Iikka "fergusq" Hauhio
> ------- Original Message -------
> On Monday, June 13th, 2022 at 20.26, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>

I would jump in here just to point out that cake in English is also a mass
noun, so it should be fine unless {chab} is not used as a mass noun in
Klingon.

~mIp'av
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