tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 18 20:56:25 1998

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Re: nuqneH [past tense]

ghItlh Qov:

>Grammatically, any Klingon sentence can be interpreted as past,
>present or future. Often context allows you to discard one or more
>of the interpretations. {bIHegh} is unlikely to be anything but
>future tense, unless you are talking to a corpse or a ghost. If you
>were talking to someone in the present tense, telling them they were
>actually dying now, you would use the continuous aspect. {bIHeghlI'}
>"you are dying."

Interesting to see the sequence... before it is an issue, <bIHegh>. When the
death is inevitable, but hasn't actually begun to occur,  <bIHeghchoH>. As
the death starts, <bIHeghlI'>. After the moment of death, <bIHeghpu'>.
Later, after the fact, <bIHegh> again.

Qermaq

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