tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Oct 12 13:23:46 1997
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Re: KLBC: Questions with -'e'-
- From: "Klingon Ambassador" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Questions with -'e'-
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 13:23:34 PDT
Sun, 12 Oct 1997 Qov transmitted:
>Uh uh uh uh. Type seven suffixes do NOT denote tense. If something
took
>place in the past and it is important that the reader understand it
took
>place in the past, say when it happened. The action with a {-pu'} on
it
>took place no longer ago than the one without. Klingon simply does not
have
>past tense. Deal.
>
>
>Tense (which Klingon doesn't have) refers to the completion or
ongoingness
>of an action at the time the sentence is told. Aspect refers to the
>completion or ongoingness in the context of the sentence.
>
yaj. That's what I was trying to convey. The aspect of completion in
regards to the officer's death. I didn't want the sentence to imply
that the officer was on the floor agonizing over a long, painful death;
but that the sentence convey that it is a completed action (his death).
*Dawut*
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