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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier">I wouldn’t. Just rely on context. E.g.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier"> <b>wa' yIHoH</b>. <b>jISaHbe’.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Courier"></span></b><span style="font-family:Courier"> Kill one of them. I don't care which. ST3<br>
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<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Courier"> wa' yIHoH</span></b><span style="font-family:Courier">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier"> Kill one (of them)! TKD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier">(TKD 54): The preceding sentence is grammatically correct even without the {<b>wa'}</b> because the prefix {<b>yI</b>-} indicates a singular object. The {<b>wa'}</b>, therefore, is used for emphasis only.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">There are other examples which could easily have had “of them” added to the translation with no real change in meaning:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Courier"> maDo'chugh QeHchoH wa'
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Courier"> </span></b><span style="font-family:Courier">If we're lucky, one [of them] will get angry.<b>
</b>CK<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Courier"> wa' ghaH tera'ngan'e'
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Courier"> </span></b><span style="font-family:Courier">One [of them] is a Terran. (ST5 notes)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Courier"> wa' SuvwI' muHlu'DI'</span></b><span style="font-family:Courier">,
<b>tuHchoH Hoch SuvwI'pu'</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier"> The execution of but one warrior brings shame to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier"> all [of them]. TKW<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">If you need to distinguish between two groups – and context doesn’t make it clear which you’re referring to -- you can (colloquially) topicalize one (of them!).
E.g.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"> romuluSngan qa’ma’pu’’e’… wa’ yIHoH! ‘ach qarDaSnganpu’ tIyu’!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"> As for the Romulan prisoners… kill one (of them). But interrogate the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"> Cardassians.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Or just simply:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"> wa’ romuluSngan qa’ma’ yIHoH.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"> Kill one Romulan prisoner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"> Kill one of the Romulan prisoners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Presumably there is more than one prisoner, else why use a number? You’d simply say:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"> romuluSngan qa’ma’ yIHoH.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"> Kill the Romulan prisoner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Don’t fixate on the precise wording of the English. There is often more than one correct translation.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">-- Voragh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">On Behalf Of
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">mayqel qunenoS<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 21, 2016 7:14 AM<br>
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</span>qaStaHvIS tuch Hoch, jISIvtaH: {chaH wa'} vIlo'chugh, "one of them" vIDellaH ?for all eternity, I will be wondering.. is the {chaH wa'} able to describe the "one of them" ?<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>qunnoH<br>
ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 20 Nov 2016 7:44 pm, "mayqel qunenoS" <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Would you accept {chaH wa' jIHbe'} for "I am not one of them" ?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>qunnoH<br>
ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'<o:p></o:p></p>
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