I want to say "a year and a half", in the context of the following sentence: "the time-eating aliens arrived, and they ate a year and a half". My initial choice would be to write: {pawpu' poHmey Sopbogh novpu', 'ej DIS, DIS bID je Soppu'}. And I would use {DIS, DIS bID je}, since we have the Ca'Non words: {paH bID} = "skirt" (half of a gown/dress) {yopwaH bID} = "shorts" (half of pants) {DIr paH bID} = "kilt like garment" (half of gown/dress of leather) However, there's this Ca'Non sentence which messes me up: {cha' choQmey naQ tu'lu' 'ej tep choQ bIngDaq lo' law' bID choQ tu'lu'} = "2 full decks and a half utility deck under the cargo deck" Indeed, the klingon {lo' law' bID choQ} maps exactly to the fse translation: {lo' law' bID choQ} = "half utility deck" (deck of half utility) But my problem is that reading the english "half utility deck", I'd expect it to actually mean "half of a utility deck", in the context of perhaps "half the hight/size/whatever" of a utility deck. And not "deck of the half utility", because what the @!@# is "a deck of half utility" in the first place ? It's like saying "deck of the half kitchen". Anyways, I wouldn't lose any sleep over what this "deck of the half utility" actually is, if this wouldn't make me question my understanding of the way {bID} is to be used in noun-noun constructions. Was the intention of this Ca'Non sentence to actually say "deck of the half utility", case in which my understanding of the {bID} is correct ? Or is the intention of this Ca'Non sentence to actually say "half the (hight/size/whatever) of a utility deck" ? Because if the latter is true, then I'd expect it to be {lo' law' choQ bID} "half of the deck of the utility". And returning to the time-eating aliens, is it right to say {pawpu' poHmey Sopbogh novpu', 'ej DIS, DIS bID je Soppu'} for "the time-eating aliens arrived and ate a year and a half", or do I need to say something else ? ~ lIr qIj