tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 09 23:40:49 1997
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Re: Age
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Age
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 23:40:45 -0700 (PDT)
At 10:26 PM 9/9/97 -0700, SuStel wrote:
>vIt SuStel: wa'Hu' jIboghpu'.
This is a beautiful example of the importance of the difference between
aspect and tense. This does NOT say "I was born yesterday," but rather the
opposite. It means that yesterday SuStel had *already* been born.
'IHqu' mu'tlheghlIj, SuStel.
Qov ([email protected])
Beginners' Grammarian