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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] paS (was: Question regarding purpose clauses)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI')
Fri May 4 13:14:03 2012
From: ghunchu'wI' <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmM8m9eTxCm=-niMBD2bTDAS60u6fC5m3AT2+ps9cas5Lw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 12:43:22 -0400
To: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On May 4, 2012, at 11:27 AM, "De'vID jonpIn" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why not? It's not that clear to me. In English, "late" has two meanings.
>
> (1) to miss an opportunity, deadline, etc. Example: "He was late to
> the party, i.e., by the time he arrived it was over"
>
> (2) to take place in the latter part of the day or some other time
> period. Example: "He went late to the cinema, i.e., the movie had
> several show times from morning to past midnight, and he attended the
> midnight showing"
>
> Now, do we have any evidence that {paS} is restricted to just the
> first meaning?
The only evidence I can present is the fact that {paS} is a verb. The second meaning is adverbial in nature. Any rephrasing I try to get it out of that role ends up with it describing the event rather than the attendee.
-- ghunchu'wI'
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