tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 14 11:49:35 1998
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Re: -pu'
- From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: -pu'
- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 11:43:22 -0700 (PDT)
---Anthony Appleyard wrote:
> But the pabpo' told me off for
> using -pu' repeatedly for continuous narration of > > past events
(when I was describing a scuba diving > holiday in the Red Sea),
although all the events
> that I referred to were completed.
I leap on misused perfective suffixes hard. I apologize if my
corrections aren't accompanied by enough explanation. I hope between
charghwI', me and I think ghunchu'wI' (whose words are in the FAQ),
that this has become clear.
==
Qov - Beginners' Grammarian
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