On 8 August 2016 at 11:14, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
ghunchu'wI':
"This one" doesn't make much sense in Klingon with the number {wa'}, especially when what "one" is counting hasn't been stated, and I can't figure out what "day of this one" would mean.
I can't understand why {wa'vam} doesn't make sense.
The word "one" in English has multiple meanings, only one of which applies to the Klingon {wa'}. If I'm in a store and the Klingon storekeeper demands to know which of several similar items I want, I point and say {Dochvam}, not *{wa'vam}. In a police line-up, when I'm asked to identify the perpetrator, I point and say {nuvvetlh}, not *{wa'vetlh}. In English, "one" acts like a pronoun referring to a thing or person previously mentioned. It doesn't have this function in Klingon. -- De'vID