tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Oct 10 05:37:00 1998
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RE: yuchmey
- From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: yuchmey
- Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 05:37:58 -0700
lab K'ryntes:
> yuchmey jIleghpu'. SIbI' luSoplu'.
> This is the first thing I wrote without consulting references! :D
> Except for the -pu'. I wasn't sure if I needed that since the second
> sentence would show that it had already happened.
Nothing in the sentence shows that the actions are in the past. This could be:
I have seen chocolates. One immediately eats them.
I will have seen chocolates. One will immediately eat them.
I had seen chocolates. One immediately ate them.
lab pagh:
> The <-pu'> is not necessary, and doesn't fit with your meaning. If you
> include the <-pu'>, you were done seeing the chocolates by the time people
> ate them, which is not what you want.
teHqu'.
> yuch vIlegh. SIbI' Soplu'.
Note that this sentence too does not distinguish among a prediction of the
future, a general statement, or a report of the past. When it's important
to you WHEN something happened in Klingon, you have to SAY when.
DaH KLBCmey vIlaDbe' jIjatlhpu', 'ach loQ jInep. :)
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