tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Sep 09 02:34:46 1994
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Re: -choHmoH
>From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
>Date: Fri, 9 Sep 94 9:43:37 EDT
Sounds like we're mostly in agreement.
>{-moH} alone implies that there is, was, or will be a causal
>link between the subject and object being in the condition of
>the verb. There is no implication that the subject caused the
>change of state to the condition of the verb, though this is
>highly likely, but there is definitely a causal link in
>reference to its ongoing state.
Well, one quibble: not its ongoing state, but its current state. If we
wanted to emphasize the ongoingness, we'd use "-moHtaH."
~mark