On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 11:28 AM Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
(HQ 9.3): Reversing the dividend and the divisor changes the equation. {javlogh boqHa''egh wej} would be 3 ÷ 6 and the answer would be a fraction
And we know how to do those now.
*Fractions* *wej loch cha'* "2/3"; *vagh loch wej* "3/5"; *loS loch jav* "6/4". In theory, if appropriate in a mathematical discussion, one could say *wa' loch wej* "three one–ths". (Though perhaps a little grammatically aberrant, this would not be *wa' luloch wej*.))
https://www.kli.org/activities/qepmey/qepa-chamah-javdich/qepa-chamah-javdic... Based on *loch* "be a fraction of, make up a portion of, constitute part of" . So we can finally finish the math example from the HolQeD article with *javlogh boqHa''egh wej; chen jav loch wej*. (I'm assuming that fractions work as a unique type of noun phrase in sentences even though they're constructed as complete sentences. Otherwise they would be quite difficult to actually use.)