tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 10 08:42:13 1996
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Re: jI'It
>Once more, I must question this use of the perfective suffix {-pu'}.
>Do you mean that as of yesterday the book had arrived, or that the
>book actually arrived yesterday?
At the time of that writing, the book had actually arrived yesterday.
>>DaH jI'Itbe'. ;)
>>DaH HIjwI' vI'oy'qangbe'. ;)
>If you want to say "I hurt [someone else]" it has to be {vI'oy'moH}.
>Perhaps {QIH} would make sense too.
In that case, I was trying to say that since the book had arrived, I was
unwilling to hurt the postman. ;)
>-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj
--jeHwI'
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