"One of NOUNS/PRONOUN" in canon: wa' yIHoH. jISaHbe'. Kill one of them. I don't care which. (ST3) wa' yIHoH Kill one (of them)! (TKD) ["The preceding sentence is grammatically correct even without the {wa'} because the prefix {yI-} indicates a singular object. The {wa'}, therefore, is used for emphasis only." (TKD 54)] qorDu' SaHlu'chugh 'ej matlhlu'chugh vaj wa' tlhIngan ghob potlhqu' devotion and loyalty to family is one of the most important Klingon virtues. (S13) No examples AFAIK of "one/two/three, etc. *of these/those* NOUNS". SuStel is right: Rely on context. -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons -----------------------------------Original Message----------------------------------- On 9/10/2020 9:38 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
romuluSnganpu' HoHta' wa' nuvpu'vam'e' one of these people killed the romulans
lugh'a' mu'tlheghvam ?
It doesn't break any rules. Is it the best way to do this? Probably not. Context would be better. nuvvam tInuD! romuluSngan HoHta' wa'. yIngu'! -- SuStel http://trimboli.name