tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 05 15:10:17 1998
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Re: Translation of English Past and Present Perfect Tenses in
- From: "Neal Schermerhorn" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Translation of English Past and Present Perfect Tenses in
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 18:16:18 -0500
ghItlh ghunchu'wI':
>Perfective aspect says the action is completed in the context of the
sentence.
>If the context of the sentence is a date 43 years in the past, the action
of
>charghwI''s birth is not a completed one. {-pu'} would not be right here,
>even though his birth took place in the past.
wejmaH ben jIboghpu' 'ach wejmaH ben wa'vatlh wa'maH loS Hu' vIbogh.
30 years ago I had been born, but 30 years, 114 days ago, I was born.
Qermaq