tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Aug 29 17:28:39 1999
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Re: qay' aspect jay'! Part I
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: qay' aspect jay'! Part I
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 13:33:15 EDT
In a message dated 8/10/1999 12:04:18 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< I agree that TKD's treatment of translating tenses is a wee bit lacking.
That's understandable, since simple past tense is useful generally for
things like narrative, and TKD doesn't really address writing stories.
In most non-narrative cases where English uses a past tense phrasing, a
perfective idea works just as well. >>
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*aspect QIjmeH loQ Hutlh tlhIngan Hol mu'ghom 'e' vIvIngDI' jIHvaD Sura',
jatlh: TKD neH yIlaD, naQ qeSDaj. wa' *sentenceDaq mu' *tense mu'
*perfective je vIlo'DI' jIHvaD Daqon: tIrarQo'. 'ach DaH Dalo' 'e'
vIlaDchu'.
CK lo' vIQochbe'bej.
TKD qon rIntaH, vaj tlheghtaH *aspect yajlI'ghachmaj 'e' vIHar.
peHruS