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Re: An error (qep'a' wa'maHDIch)

Scott Willis ([email protected])

From: "Scott Willis" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: An error (qep'a' wa'maHDIch)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 10:06:46 -0400
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Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: An error (qep'a' wa'maHDIch)

> wejHu' vIHoHta'.
>
> Did I kill him BEFORE three days ago?  (possibly)
> Could I have done the killing ON that day (three days ago)?  Yes.
>
> Some people (including myself), thought that the -ta' had to be true at
any
> point in time of that day.  At one second after midnight, -ta' would mean
that
> the killing took place before three days ago.  //- But without specifying
that
> precise time -//, you have until 2359 on that day for the event to
become -ta'.
>
>
> Is this understandable?

I think so. So, using the above, could I say:
{wejleS, vIHoHta'}
and mean "In three days, I will have killed him"?

Or should I stick with

{qaSpa' wej jaj, vIHoH}
"Before three days happen, I will kill him."

--ngabwI'
HovpoH juHDaq:
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/ngabwi/
HovpoH 700551.2

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