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Re: Expressing age.

• From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Expressing age.
• Date: 24 Jun 97 09:33:11 EDT

ghItlh Donald E. Vick
>> 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.<
>

But if there's a time marker for "years ago," that's already indicated.  Which
would be better: "I was born 37 years ago" or "I have been born 37 years ago"?  
And there are, I think, many examples of beginners being... how shall I say it?
Ah, shaky with tense and the BG showing things like "wa'Hu'
ma{something-or-other}" and it meaning "Yesterday we {did something or other."
Qapla'
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