ok, thanks. finally I understand.. qunnoH jan puqloD On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 6:36 PM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 11/8/2016 11:26 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
So, -and correct me if my understanding is wrong-, the {Dochmey HochHom} is grammaticaly identical to the {Dochmey mI'}. But we tend to accept the {Dochmey HochHom} as being correct -in order to convey our intented meaning-, because the {HochHom} is acting like an adjectival verb (although it is not).
No. Dochmey HochHom and Dochmey mI' are indeed grammatically identical (except you've been using mI' as a plural, so it's an implicit Dochmey mI'mey). We are not making exceptions to accommodate the meaning we want.
Dochmey HochHom luyajHa' nuvpu' people misunderstand the things' majority
People misunderstand the majority. The majority of what? Things. There are things, and people misunderstand the majority.
Dochmey mI' yajHa' nuvpu' people misunderstand the things' numbers
People misunderstand the numbers, the quantity. The numbers of what? Things. There are things, and people misunderstand how many of them there are.
This was Ed's original, correct objection. Dochmey mI' doesn't mean "a lot of things" or "several things." It means "the number of things," "the count of things," "how many things there are."
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