tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 13 13:53:39 2004
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Re: "ser" and "estar" (to be)
From: "Steven Boozer" <[email protected]>
> There is, however, a slight wrinkle when using pronouns to refer to
> location: you have to say PRONOUN + {-taH} "continuous". E.g.:
My guess is this isn't so much a linguistic requirement as a practical one.
Given the right circumstances, I could see other suffixes being used this
way.
wa' rep ret jImej; DaH naDev jIHqa'.
I left an hour ago; now I'm here again.
pa'lIjDaq jIHlI'.
I'm in your room (and will be until I don't have to be anymore).
pa' 'oH! DaH pa' 'oH! DaH pa' 'oH!
There it is! Now it's over there! Now it's over there! (said pointing at
an erratically-moving object)
SuStel
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