tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 25 18:08:33 1998
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Re: intermittently
- From: TPO <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: intermittently
- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 21:09:02 -0500
>>Can (Krankor's discussion in HolQeD 6:4) -taHbe' mean do something
>>intermittently, not continuously. Now, -be' does emphasize the "not
>>continuous" concept, not the whole verb+taH.
>
>No. As stated in TKD, a verb without an aspect suffix is not complete, and
>is not continuous. It's *possible* that {QongtaHbe'} means exactly the same
>thing {Qong}, but what would be the point of that?
>
>In most cases, it is possible to simply use the {-be'} on the verb itself.
>{Qongbe'taH} "he is not sleeping."
Perhaps intermittently could be expressed with -chu'be' (in some cases anyways)
DloraH
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