On 11/8/2016 11:26 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
So, -and correct me if my understanding is wrong-, the {Dochmey HochHom} is grammaticaly identical to the {Dochmey mI'}. But we tend to accept the {Dochmey HochHom} as being correct -in order to convey our intented meaning-, because the {HochHom} is acting like an adjectival verb (although it is not).
No. *Dochmey HochHom* and *Dochmey mI' *are indeed grammatically identical (except you've been using *mI'* as a plural, so it's an implicit *Dochmey mI'mey*). We are not making exceptions to accommodate the meaning we want. *Dochmey HochHom luyajHa' nuvpu' */people misunderstand the things' majority / People misunderstand the majority. The majority of what? Things. There are things, and people misunderstand the majority. *Dochmey mI' yajHa' nuvpu' */people misunderstand the things' numbers/ People misunderstand the numbers, the quantity. The numbers of what? Things. There are things, and people misunderstand how many of them there are. This was Ed's original, correct objection. *Dochmey mI'* doesn't mean "a lot of things" or "several things." It means "the number of things," "the count of things," "how many things there are." -- SuStel http://trimboli.name