[98397] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Translating the past
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Sat Apr 12 23:51:57 2014
From: "Robyn Stewart" <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
In-Reply-To: <5349FD15.6090405@trimboli.name>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 20:51:39 -0700
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
> -pu' and -ta' are not connected to the PAST, they are connected to TENSE,
in that their perfect usage tells us that an event occurs prior to the time
context.
Is that a typo? If not I have to disagree that they are connected to tense,
unless you mean in the loose sense that many completed actions are in the
past, such that perfective aspect and past tense (provided by context or
timestamps) will probably occur together.
> I can't think of a way that this would make sense with a perfective
aspect, since as of today tomorrow's killing is not completed as a whole
unit.
Wait, you do disagree with wa'leS HoHlu'pu'? Would you also reject wa'leS
tujchoHpu' bIQ? How would you answer the canonical question in a complete
sentence?
- Qov
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