On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 1:05 PM SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:

On 11/27/2018 12:56 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:

tugh, Hargh SuvwI'pu'vam 'op SuvwI'

soon, some of these warriors will fight

tugh, Hargh SuvwI'pu'vam mI'

soon, a number of these warriors will fight

I feel that they are wrong, but I can't understand why.

Neither is correct.

tugh Hargh 'op SuvwI'vam
Soon some of these warriors will fight (a major confrontation).

SuvwI'pu'vam mI' means these warriors' number, the number of these warriors. Are they carrying a sign with an eight on it, and the sign is going to fight some other warriors' number in a duel?

There is a bit from the paq'batlh (I don't have the citation and exact translation handy):

lutlhej tlhInganpu' Hem mI' nIb

which is translated as something like "The same number of proud Klingons went with him."

So it can apparently be used in the sense of "amount", at least with countable things. That said, 'op SuvwI'vam is sufficient on its own in this case, since unlike the paq'batlh example, you're not saying anything about the number of warriors.