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.

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