On Thu, 6 Jan 2022 at 14:10, <luis.chaparro@web.de> wrote:
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> QInvam luHevpu''a' latlh? pIm'a' QIn?

*Spam*Daq tetlhvam lulochbogh HochHom QIn'e' vIHev, Landau Martin je QInmey vIHev je. pImbe'.

By the way, two short questions:

1. Should *HochHom QIn* be considered singular or plural?

From HolQeD 5:2, we know the following: If {Hoch} is followed by a noun which is explicitly plural, it means "all the Xs" collectively; if it is followed by a noun which is not explicitly plural, it means "each X", considered individually. (see: http://klingonska.org/canon/1996-06-holqed-05-2-a.txt
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From {nIn Hoch} "all [of] the fuel" on p.155 of KGT, we know that {Hoch} following a noun means "all of X". 

As for {HochHom}, I assume that it works very similarly to {Hoch} (though this assumption might be proven wrong). We have the phrase {tera' vatlh DIS poH cha'maH wej HochHom} "most of the [Terran] 23rd century" from SkyBox card 15, which is used as a timestamp. We also have {maSDaq SaqmeH Qu' wa'DIch HochHom turlu'taHvIS...} "... during most of the first manned lunar landing mission...", where {Qu' wa'DIch HochHom} is singular. In both of our {HochHom} examples, it follows the (singular) noun and has the meaning "most of X". 

I couldn't find any examples of {HochHom} preceding a noun with the meaning "most of the Xs" (or perhaps "each X out of most of the Xs").

I would guess that {HochHom QInmey} "most of the messages" is plural, and {HochHom QIn} "each message considered individually out of most of them" would be singular, but it's only a guess.
 
2. I guess there is nothing wrong with *(noun noun je) + noun* as a noun-noun construction? Are there canonical examples?

Yes, {logh chal je 'angweD [qach]} for "planetarium".

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