tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 09 23:40:49 1997

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Re: Age



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



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