<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">We’ve seen {‘op} used in place of a number in thr paq’batlh: {‘opleS} for “someday” (lit: “Some number of days from now”). It seems to me that something like {‘opvatlh jagh} would be more likely.<div><br></div><div>—jevreH<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jun 8, 2019, at 12:42, SuStel <<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name">sustel@trimboli.name</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/8/2019 12:29 PM, mayqel qunen'oS
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<div dir="auto">Can I say {vatlhmey jagh} for "hundreds of
enemies" ?</div>
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<p>I offer the usual answer of "we don't know." But in this case I'd
guess not: not because you have to specify a number in front of <b>vatlh,</b>
but because I think <b>vatlh</b> without a specific number would
be treated as a noun, not a number, and couldn't count something.</p>
<p>In other words, you might be able to say <b>muSuvpu' jaghpu'wI';
vatlhpu' tu'lu'</b><i> My enemies fought me; there were hundreds</i>
or <b>Hoch DIS Hov leng 'angweD Such vatlhpu'</b><i> Each year
hundreds visit the Star Trek museum.</i> But this is just a
guess on my part.<br>
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