[87269] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Usage of -Ha'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Sat Nov 28 13:30:02 2009
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:27:00 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
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ghunchu'wI' wrote:
>> It gives the verb a sense of either "undo" or "do wrongly."
>
> We also often find Marc Okrand pointing out that {-Ha'} can imply a
> change of state, even without an associated {-choH}.
Right, in the sense that a "done" state must have existed before it was
undone. This differs from verbs with {-choH} in that with {-Ha'} the
action is not about changing state; it's simply an implied consequence
of the current state.
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