tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 30 10:26:55 1996
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Re: Klingon "was"
- From: Jose Mijares <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon "was"
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 13:29:33 -0400
>Subject: Re: Klingon "was"
>Sent: 7/29/96 11:18 PM
>Received: 7/30/96 1:24 PM
>From: Alan Anderson, [email protected]
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>To: Multiple recipients of list, [email protected]
>
>taDI'oS vIq writes:
>>Could you then say, <pa'vamDaq jIHpu'> while standing in the room,
>>meaning "I am still here in the room, but my purpose here is done."
>
>If your having been in the room was intentional, consider {...jIHta'}.
>I'm not sure I'd understand any purpose other than actually being in
>the room, though. I also don't think {-pu'} or {-ta'} say anything
>about whether or not one is still there at the present time.
>
>>And possibly imply that one's departure is imminent?
>
>I wouldn't infer an imminent departure from this sentence, no. Maybe
>if you said {...jIHlI'}? That certainly implies that the "being in"
>will come to an end at some point.
>
>>Come to think of it, can you
>>put a verb suffix like -pu' on a pronoun like jIH?
>
>TKD 6.3 gives examples of pronouns used to mean "to be". We are told
>that the pronoun can take verbal suffixes as appropriate. The examples
>of "to be at a place" have the suffix {-taH}, which is a type 7 verb
>suffix like {-pu'}.
>
>-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj
>
>
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Jose Mijares
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