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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/16/2017 9:19 AM, mayqel qunenoS
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cite="mid:CAP7F2cJDUbXRaY=ER8j3esRERhTjZOOMNOA7c3CFVwM2shs0fg@mail.gmail.com">SuStel:
<div dir="auto">> <span
style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px">Forgetting
that inherently plural nouns are grammatically </span></div>
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style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px">>
singular</span></div>
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style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px"><br>
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<div dir="auto"><span
style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px">Is this a
rule, that inherently plural nouns in english (for example
"coordinates") are always grammatically singular in klingon ?</span></div>
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<p>Yes. TKD 3.3.2:</p>
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<p>Inherently plural nouns are treated grammatically as singular
nouns in that singular pronouns are used to refer to them... For
example, in the sentence <b>cha yIghuS</b><i> Stand by
torpedoes!</i> or <i>Get the torpedoes ready to be fired!</i>
the verb prefix <b>yI-</b>, an imperative prefix used for
singular objects, must be used even though the object (<b>cha</b><i>
torpedoes</i>) has a plural meaning.<br>
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