should {Dojmey} be treated as singular or plural ?
We have the noun {Doj}, which is given as "batch, pile, heap, accumulation". And we have the noun {Dojmey}, which is given as "mass, masses, multitude, a very large but indeterminate group of something". But while the {Dojmey}, has the plural suffix {-mey}, its english definitions, with the exception of "masses", are singular.. So, if I want to say "masses saw the chancellor", which of the following do I need to write ? {Qang leghpu' Dojmey} or {Qang luleghpu' Dojmey} ? Or could it be, that if I mean "masses", I need to say {luleghpu'}, but if I want to say "a very large group saw the chancellor", I should write {leghpu'} ? ~ mayqel qunen'oS
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Le 5 févr. 2020 à 07:41, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com> a écrit :
We have the noun {Doj}, which is given as "batch, pile, heap, accumulation".
And we have the noun {Dojmey}, which is given as "mass, masses, multitude, a very large but indeterminate group of something".
But while the {Dojmey}, has the plural suffix {-mey}, its english definitions, with the exception of "masses", are singular..
So, if I want to say "masses saw the chancellor", which of the following do I need to write ?
{Qang leghpu' Dojmey} or {Qang luleghpu' Dojmey} ?
Or could it be, that if I mean "masses", I need to say {luleghpu'}, but if I want to say "a very large group saw the chancellor", I should write {leghpu'} ?
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On 2/5/2020 8:41 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
We have the noun {Doj}, which is given as "batch, pile, heap, accumulation".
And we have the noun {Dojmey}, which is given as "mass, masses, multitude, a very large but indeterminate group of something".
But while the {Dojmey}, has the plural suffix {-mey}, its english definitions, with the exception of "masses", are singular..
So, if I want to say "masses saw the chancellor", which of the following do I need to write ?
{Qang leghpu' Dojmey} or {Qang luleghpu' Dojmey} ?
*Dojmey *is only singular in the English translation. In Klingon, it's plural. The same with *mebpa'mey*/hotel./ English has a word for the building; Klingon just has /guest rooms./ -- SuStel http://trimboli.name
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