tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 23 15:05:32 1997
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Re: Expressing age.
- From: "Donald E. Vick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Expressing age.
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 14:37:51 -0700 (PDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "David Trimboli" at Jun 22, 97 02:27:24 pm
David Trimboli wrote:
> Marc Okrand himself has used the {bogh} example, though he also added the
> aspect suffix {-pu'}, for reasons which he has not explained yet (I did ask).
It's appropriate, in that you were born, you are finished being
born, and the action is definitely complete. Also, I seem to remember
him mentioning that the -pu' suffix was originally intended to be past
tense before he abandoned tense altogether.
Hugh the Barefoot
Barony of South Downs, Meridies
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