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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] A question on aspect

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (qunnoQ HoD)
Sun Oct 25 15:43:55 2015

In-Reply-To: <562CF0AC.1060005@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 21:43:38 +0200
From: qunnoQ HoD <mihkoun@gmail.com>
To: Lieven <levinius@gmx.de>
Cc: "tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org"
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> (It's as wrong as "I'm killinged him")

ok,i understand now that it is wrong,and i certainly will not use it ; but
out of curiosity.. if someone fluent in Klingon heard this (the
{nughoStaHpu'} or {nughoSpu'taH}) do you think he would understand what i
would be trying to say ?

On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Lieven <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:

> Am 25.10.2015 um 15:26 schrieb qunnoQ HoD:
>
>> i'm pretty sure that the answer will be <<no>>,but just to err on the
>> safe side i will ask anyway..
>>
>
> Indeed, the answer is no.
>
> But even from the english point of view, how can something be
> "continuously ongoing" and be "finished" on the same time?
>
> Think about that. :-)
>
> (It's as wrong as "I'm killinged him")
>
> --
> Lieven L. Litaer
> aka Quvar valer 'utlh
> Grammarian of the KLI
> http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher
> http://www.klingonwiki.net
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>&gt; (It&#39;s as wrong as &quot;I&#39;m killinged hi=
m&quot;)<br><br></div>ok,i understand now that it is wrong,and i certainly =
will not use it ; but out of curiosity.. if someone fluent in Klingon heard=
 this (the {nughoStaHpu&#39;} or {nughoSpu&#39;taH}) do you think he would =
understand what i would be trying to say ?<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_ext=
ra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Lieven =
<span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:levinius@gmx.de" target=3D"_blank">=
levinius@gmx.de</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><sp=
an class=3D"">Am 25.10.2015 um 15:26 schrieb qunnoQ HoD:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
i&#39;m pretty sure that the answer will be &lt;&lt;no&gt;&gt;,but just to =
err on the<br>
safe side i will ask anyway..<br>
</blockquote>
<br></span>
Indeed, the answer is no.<br>
<br>
But even from the english point of view, how can something be &quot;continu=
ously ongoing&quot; and be &quot;finished&quot; on the same time?<br>
<br>
Think about that. :-)<br>
<br>
(It&#39;s as wrong as &quot;I&#39;m killinged him&quot;)<span class=3D"HOEn=
Zb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
<br>
-- <br>
Lieven L. Litaer<br>
aka Quvar valer &#39;utlh<br>
Grammarian of the KLI<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher" rel=3D"noreferrer" targe=
t=3D"_blank">http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher</a><br>
<a href=3D"http://www.klingonwiki.net" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank"=
>http://www.klingonwiki.net</a></font></span><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div cla=
ss=3D"h5"><br>
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