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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/5/2020 8:41 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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<div dir="auto">We have the noun {Doj}, which is given as "batch,
pile, heap, accumulation".</div>
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<div dir="auto">And we have the noun {Dojmey}, which is given as
"mass, masses, multitude, a very large but indeterminate group
of something".</div>
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<div dir="auto">But while the {Dojmey}, has the plural suffix
{-mey}, its english definitions, with the exception of "masses",
are singular..</div>
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<div dir="auto">So, if I want to say "masses saw the chancellor",
which of the following do I need to write ?</div>
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<div dir="auto">{Qang leghpu' Dojmey} or {Qang luleghpu' Dojmey} ?</div>
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<p><b>Dojmey </b>is only singular in the English translation. In
Klingon, it's plural.</p>
<p>The same with <b>mebpa'mey</b><i> hotel.</i> English has a word
for the building; Klingon just has <i>guest rooms.</i><br>
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