tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 04 19:49:48 1999
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Re: Aspect
ja' peHruS:
>I've been hoping that the aspect marker {-taH} does not mean that the
>absolutely must be perpetual, just ongoing. But, how do you KNOW?
How do we KNOW? TKD page 43:
| The suffix {-taH} "continuous" can be used whether there is a
| known goal or not.
>Still, if I say: {qaStaHvIS vagh jajmey, matlhutlhtaH}, would not the Klingon
>inference be that we drank non-stop day and night until all five days had
>passed?
I wouldn't focus on a "non-stop" idea, just an "ongoing" one. If you want
to say something about non-stop, you should probably go ahead and *say* it:
{matlhutlh 'e' wImevbe'.}
>If this is true, we have not yet settled the problem of "intermittent" action.
To exactly what problem of "intermittent" action are you referring?