[102738] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Aspect, etc
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Wed Dec 2 08:06:28 2015
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 08:05:27 -0500
In-Reply-To: <CABDLMbVj-r4yOH0b0kK1O8OSGwtOH_hrDK=MXVEW6aCg5KX7dg@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
On 12/2/2015 7:48 AM, Andr=E9 M=FCller wrote:
> But the difference between {'opHu' targh vIHoHpu'} and {'opHu' targh
> vIHoH} is minute if at all existing.
The difference between them is explained in TKD 4.2.7: "The absence of a =
Type 7 suffix usually means that the action is not completed and is not =
continuous..."
So whereas the first sentence expresses a completed action, the second =
does not. The second sentence could be used if I spent the day killing =
targs, or if I was a targ-hunter several days ago but I'm not now, or =
other interpretations like that. But the first sentence can only mean =
that as of several days ago, targ-killing was completed. It also doesn't =
mean that targ-killing was completed before several days ago, because =
that would be incorporating tense into the suffix.
-- =
SuStel
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