tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 18 21:26:14 1998
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Re: nuqneH [past tense]
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: nuqneH [past tense]
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 00:26:41 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
reH maHeghlI'. Good health is the slowest form of death.
charghwI'
On Wed, 18 Feb 1998 21:01:56 -0800 (PST) Neal Schermerhorn
<[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
>
>
Will Martin
UVA ITC SCD Desktop Computing