what do you mean by "it is an abstraction" ?

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On 29 Dec 2016 4:53 pm, "SuStel" <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 12/29/2016 9:43 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
if we are talking about 10 species of aliens, all capable of speech, then do we say {Hoch mutpu' vISov} or {Hoch mutmey vISov} ?

A mut is not a thing capable of using language. Its members are, but it is not. It is an abstraction.

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