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[tlhIngan-Hol] Re: KLBC: default aspect?

David Trimboli ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']



From: "Alan Anderson" <[email protected]>

> ja' lay'tel SIvten:
> >with suffixes for perfective aspect (-pu', -ta') and continuous (ie
> >imperfective) aspect (-taH, -lI'), what is the aspect of unmarked verbs?
>
> It's unspecified.  Without context, it could be anything.

According to TKD:

"The absence of a Type 7 suffix usually means that the action is not
completed and is not continuous (that is, it is not one of the things
indicated by the Type 7 suffixes)." (TKD 4.2.7)

SuStel
Stardate 4152.2





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