On 10/4/2017 2:33 PM, qurgh lungqIj wrote:
On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Lawrence M. Schoen <klingonguy@gmail.com <mailto:klingonguy@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 12:33 PM, qurgh lungqIj <qurgh@wizage.net <mailto:qurgh@wizage.net>> wrote:
To me {wejDIch} isn't a thing that can be owned by someone, it's simply a way to count things in a list. Putting a possessive on it just seems strange to my mind.
Imagine a situation in which a Romulan challenges me to a duel. It's an honor thing, so naturally, I accept, but I hold the Romulan in such contempt that instead of asking someone like you to serve as my second, I instead assign that role to my pet mugato. Would I not describe the mugato as *cha'DIchwIj*?
A {cha'DIch} in that context is a special title for a specific role though, it's not just counting something.
It doesn't have to be. Since numbers can act like nouns... *DujmeywIj tIHo'! HoSghaj wa'DIchwIj. 'IH cha'DIchwIj. veQ Duj 'oH wejDIchwIj'e'. * -- SuStel http://trimboli.name