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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] -meH with -pu'/-ta'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Wed Mar 13 11:34:40 2019
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 11:34:36 -0400
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On 3/13/2019 11:21 AM, nIqolay Q wrote:
> As for the original question, using {-meH} with {-pu'} or {-ta'} seems
> like it would mean something like "in order to complete doing something".
>
> {paq vIlaDta'meH juHwIjDaq jIratlh.} "I stayed home to complete/finish
> reading the book." I wanted to make "reading the book" a completed
> action, so I stayed home. Something like that. It might not translate
> easily into English but the usage makes sense.
Seems reasonable to me.
*paq vIlaDmeH juHwIjDaq jIratlh
*/I stay home to read the book/
*paq vIlaDta'meH juHwIjDaq jIratlh
*/I stay home to finish reading the book/
Though note that, lacking perfective on *jIratlh,* my remaining is not a
completed action.
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/13/2019 11:21 AM, nIqolay Q wrote:<br>
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class="gmail_default">As for the original question, using {-meH}
with {-pu'} or {-ta'} seems like it would mean something like
"in order to complete doing something".<br>
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class="gmail_default"><br>
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<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"
class="gmail_default">{paq vIlaDta'meH juHwIjDaq jIratlh.} "I
stayed home to complete/finish reading the book." I wanted to
make "reading the book" a completed action, so I stayed home.
Something like that. It might not translate easily into English
but the usage makes sense.</div>
</blockquote>
<p>Seems reasonable to me.</p>
<p><b>paq vIlaDmeH juHwIjDaq jIratlh<br>
</b><i>I stay home to read the book</i></p>
<p><b>paq vIlaDta'meH juHwIjDaq jIratlh<br>
</b><i>I stay home to finish reading the book</i></p>
<p>Though note that, lacking perfective on <b>jIratlh,</b> my
remaining is not a completed action.<br>
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