daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Fri Feb 10 16:19:27 2012
In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20120210121738.048ad1a0@flyingstart.ca>
From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:18:39 -0500
To: Klingon language email discussion forum <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Qov <robyn@flyingstart.ca> wrote:
>> If {-taH} here is intended to describe a continual or habitual action
>> rather than a continuous one, I think it's better left off.
>
> If SuStel is reading I'd be interested in his take on this, wrt to his
> "every verb needs an aspect suffix" idea.
I don't intend to put words in his mouth, but what I understand of his
position is that verbs lacking a type 7 suffix are best understood as
describing situations rather than events or processes. However, the
distinction he makes between "perfective" and "perfected" is one I do
not understand completely, nor do I see it as important to my use of
the language.
>> ...I proudly stand by the fake
>> linguistic traditions of Klingons from decades ago.
>
> For a moment I thought you were talking about fake history, but whoa, they
> asked me today in class when I started learning Klingon, and it was the
> *eighties*. =A0That was decades ago. Back then I handwrote my essays and =
paid
> someone to type them on a typewriter.
>
> =A0 =A0/
> =A0/
> =A0--------
> =A0--------
> =A0--------
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ---------- =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Qov :-)
SuvwI' jIHbe'ba'. SuvwI'pu' qan tu'lu'be'.
-- ghunchu'wI'
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