On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Lawrence M. Schoen <klingonguy@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 12:33 PM, qurgh lungqIj <qurgh@wizage.net> wrote:

To me {wejDIch} isn't a thing that can be owned by someone, it's simply a way to count things in a list. Putting a possessive on it just seems strange to my mind.

Imagine a situation in which a Romulan challenges me to a duel. It's an honor thing, so naturally, I accept, but I hold the Romulan in such contempt that instead of asking someone like you to serve as my second, I instead assign that role to my pet mugato. Would I not describe the mugato as cha'DIchwIj?

A {cha'DIch} in that context is a special title for a specific role though, it's not just counting something.

I'm just saying that in the context of the OP, where the question seemed to be about counting things owned (my third ship), the {-wIj} would go on the thing that is being counted, and not the counter.

qurgh