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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Aspect, etc

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven)
Thu Dec 3 11:50:39 2015

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From: Lieven <levinius@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 17:50:21 +0100
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Am 03.12.2015 um 16:22 schrieb Will Martin:
> I honestly believe that {HoH} is a bad verb to use as a clarifying
> example of the use of the perfective.

That's why it was used in the "Pictorial Guide To suffixes":   ;-)
www.klingonwiki.net/En/PictoralGuideToSuffixes

PS: anyone have a copy to sell me? I want this book!

> What I=92m really saying here is that you would do better to use a verb
> like {legh} or {yIt} that refers to an activity, rather than {HoH} that
> so strongly suggests a result.

You're right, I understand. There are better verbs to use.


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