On 11/23/2018 3:19 PM, Alan Anderson wrote:
On Nov 23, 2018, at 9:26 AM, mayqel qunenoS<mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
Suppose I want to say "everyone can become an officer, even my sheep". I could write {yaS lumojlaH Hoch, vabDot yaS mojlaH DI'raqwIj}. {Hoch} is grammatically singular. As a subject, it should call for the null prefix. Using {lu-} anyway will be understood, but it’s like saying “everyones”.
I was going to say the same thing, but then I found this in /paq'batlh:/ *Hoch qImmoH mu’meyDaj*/All were bemused by his words./ It lacks the *lu-* that would be required if *Hoch* were grammatically singular here. But then later we have *qeylIS bop Hoch’e’ Qoybogh qotar*/All he /[Kotar] /heard was Kahless./ If *Hoch* were automatically grammatically plural you'd need a *lu-.* It seems to me that *Hoch* is grammatically singular or plural depending on whether you're imagining it as individuals or a whole. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name