tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Feb 22 15:21:15 1998
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Re: nuqneH [past tense]
ja' Qermaq:
>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.
I don't see your point. All of these can be used for either something that
happened in the past, something that is happening now, or something that will
happen in the future. I can accurately say to any mortal being {bIHeghpu'},
for example.
-- ghunchu'wI'