tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 17 21:02:17 1996
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x years old
- From: TPO <[email protected]>
- Subject: x years old
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 23:41:36 -0500
>> "I am 40 years old" would be expressed as:
>> loSmaH ben jIboghpu'
>
>{-pu'}?! I'd like to know why the perfective is appropriate here.
>
maybe he's emphasizing that his birth was not a planned one, it just happened.
using -ta' could suggest that his parents actually planned an evening
especially for conceiving him.
??
DloraH