tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 14 21:49:36 1998
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Re: KLBC - pabwIj vIlughmoH 'ej mu'tlheghmey chu' vIqon
- From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC - pabwIj vIlughmoH 'ej mu'tlheghmey chu' vIqon
- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 23:47:12 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
ja' Qov:
>> > "The tribble I am stroking saved my father."
>> vavwI' toDpu' yIH vIyachtaHbogh.
>Don't use /-pu'/ just "saved" simple past tense, no perfective.
*I* think it makes at least as much sense with the perfective aspect.
Don't let Qov tell you your translation is wrong unless you actually
*were* trying to use {-pu'} as a strict past tense marker.
-- ghunchu'wI'