I don't think the three sentences have a lot of difference. They might be used in slightly different contexts, perhaps they emphasize different things.

Intuitively I'd say that tu'lu' would be used when introducing a thing and bIHtaH when describing an already introduced thing, but I don't have any source for this.

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On Thursday, June 30th, 2022 at 15.06, D qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:

Qo'noSDaq Duj law' tu'lu'

Qo'noSDaq bIHtaH Duj law''e'

Don't both sentences mean the same? The way I understand them, they both mean "at kronos there are many ships".

So, when should someone use {tu'lu'} and when should he use the pronoun with {-taH} variation?

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