tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 06 12:53:10 1998
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Re: Translation of English Past and Present Perfect Tenses in Klingon
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Translation of English Past and Present Perfect Tenses in Klingon
- Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 07:30:26 -0500
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From: WestphalWz <[email protected]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, January 05, 1998 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: Translation of English Past and Present Perfect Tenses in
Klingon
>jIQochqu'
>"passive voice" 'oS mojaQ {-lu'} 'e' DamaqtaHvIS maghoHchuqnIS
>chay' "by [agent]" Damugh
Not really on the topic: as Krankor once showed in an issue of HolQeD, you
can never use {-vIS} on the second verb of a Sentence As Object, because
{-vIS} always requires {-taH}, and {-taH} is a Type 7 verb suffix, which is
not allowed on the second verb of a SAO.
It's one of those extra-tricky problems, because you don't usually think of
{-vIS} or {-taHvIS} as Type 7, you just think of it as a frequently used
construction. But it's a no-no.
SuStel
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