On 11/9/2016 10:43 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
wanI'vam lajlu'Qo
I wrote this in order to say "someone refuses to accept this event".
Could I write instead {wanI'vam lajQo' wa'} ? Can the {wa'}, "stand alone" in order to mean "one person/someone" ?
Yes. See /TKD /5.2: "Numbers are used as nouns. As such, they may stand alone as subjects or objects or they may modify another noun." But based on /TKD/, *wanI'vam lajQo' wa'* probably means /one (of them) won't accept this event/—in other words, it presupposes the listener already knows about a group, out of which you're singling one. It's not the same as *vay'* or *-lu'*. I think *wanI'vam lajlu'Qo'* is the superior sentence, and better translated /this event won't be accepted./ -- SuStel http://trimboli.name