On Tue, Feb 06, 2018 at 02:10:14PM +0100, Lieven L. Litaer wrote:
This obviously didn't come through when I had first sent it. pIch vIghajbe'. ---
Maltz has revealed some words which I don't want to keep secret from you any longer. I'm sending them in individual messages to keep the subject line separated.
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Perhaps the verb {patlh} "be ranked, have a status, be graded" will work. The form {patlhmoH} would mean "rank, assign status, sort" and also "compare." When used with the "compare" meaning, of course, the object of the verb is always plural. The implication that if two (or more) things are ranked or sorted, they're ranked in comparison to one another.
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This, of course, immediately brings up a different question: if a teacher is grading exams, at first glance it seems that this verb would be appropriate. However, what happens if there's only one exam to be graded? Do {patlh} and {patlhmoH} imply "be ranked/have a status/be graded *with respect to other items/people*", or can they refer to a rank or status that exists on its own? It would make sense to use {chov} for what the teacher does to the students when they give the exam. Perhaps when they look at the exams later, they would {poj} them, and then {patlhmoH} the students from best to worst based on the results *if* there are multiple students. - SapIr