tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 27 00:32:59 1998
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Re: KLBC: -taH and -pu'
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: -taH and -pu'
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 00:31:56 -0800
At 05:49 98-01-26 -0800, you wrote:
} Greetings Qov.
}
}I would like to review these cases:
}
}juHDaq jIHtaH - I'm at home
maj.
}pa'lIjDaq ghaHpu' - S/He was at her/his room
That's "at your room." "His/her" is {-Daj}.
}puq ghaHtaH ghojwI''e' - The student is a child
maj.
}lengwI' chaHpu' qama'pu''e' - The prisioners were trevellers
maj.
Do remember that the perfective endings do not denote past tense, so that
{lengwI' chaHpu' qama'pu''e' }
is as valid a way to say "The prisoners were travellers." The {-pu'} you
have added doesn't make it past tense, just changes the perspective on the
sentence.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian