tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 15 06:18:57 1996

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KLBC:taHvIS

• From: "Rob. [nuqHm] Newcombe" <[email protected]>
• Subject: KLBC:taHvIS
• Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 14:18:05 BST
• Priority: Normal

I have just been working through David Barron's excellent postal course [no charge for the 
plug !] and in lesson 5 ...

	maQochtaHvIS

is translated as "while we were disagreeing"

wouldn't "while we disagree" be a better translation ?

-taH implies that the action is ongoing.

It seems impossible to say "while we were disagreeing" using this type of construction as 
you would need -pu' to indicate that the action is over, but -vIS requires -taH, another vsx7 !

Comments please 

nuqHm

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