tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 30 14:56:44 1998
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Re: KLBC: mu'ghom
- From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: mu'ghom
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 16:54:21 -0600
At 02:08 PM 12/30/98 -0800, peHruS wrote:
>In a message dated 12/29/1998 8:11:52 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
>[email protected] writes:
>
><< qaSpu'vIS *Christmas*! >>
>
> I have wondered in the past about the possibility of this construction. I
>rejected it. TKD states that {-vIS} is always accompanied by {-taH}.
>
It also doesn't make any sense: if /-vIS/ indicates an on-going action,
how can it simultaneously be completed? Or, looked at another way,
/qaSpu'vIS *Christmas*/ ?'while Christmas was having occured' could
refer to any of the other 364 days of the year, but _not_ to Christmas
Day itself!
-- ter'eS