tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Apr 06 09:33:58 2002
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tujpu'
using ghunchu'wI''s example of [tujpu' bIQ],
does this mean "the water got hot"? if so, then the water was likely hot for
a while after that, i.e., the heating was completed.
the more i look at this example though, the more incongruous it seems. [pu']
on [tuj]? hmmm.
by the way, in TKD, p.41, it says "This suffix [-pu'] indicates that an
action is completed. It is often translated by the English present perfect
(have done something)." all three examples have transitive verbs with direct
objects.
my point is, can a state verb like [tuj] even take the suffix [-pu'], since
it does not express an action?
lay'tel SIvten