tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 26 20:38:35 1998
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Re: intermittently
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: intermittently
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 23:39:25 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
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On Sun, 25 Jan 1998 10:30:19 -0800 (PST) David Trimboli
<[email protected]> wrote:
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> From: WestphalWz <[email protected]>
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> Date: Friday, January 23, 1998 2:30 AM
> Subject: intermittently
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> >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?
Exactly. That is why I basically disagree with Krankor on this.
I've been trying to hold back on arguing about this on the list
until I can debate more directly with Krankor, but I suppose I
should at least weigh in with the opinion that {-taHbe'}
precisely DOES mean "discontinuously". I like the sense of it
being "sporadic".
The example I'm arguing with Krankor over is:
Imagine that there are two computers here. One has a bad power
supply and will not boot. The other boots, but it has
configuration problems and needs rebooting often. Someone points
to the first computer and says:
Qap'a'?
I answer, {Qapbe'taH.}
He points to the second one and asks, {Qap'a'?}
I answer, {QaptaHbe'.}
Note that it would be wrong to answer either {Qap,} or {Qapbe'.}
I mean, it does work sometimes, but other times it doesn't work.
it works sporadically. I do not see {QaptaHbe'} meaning anything
like the same thing as {Qap} alone.
> In most cases, it is possible to simply use the {-be'} on the verb itself.
> {Qongbe'taH} "he is not sleeping."
But what if he sleeps restlessly and awakens frequently?
{QongtaHbe'.} He sleeps discontinuously.
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