tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Aug 29 17:28:41 1999
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Re: qay' aspect jay'! Part 2
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: qay' aspect jay'! Part 2
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 14:13:58 EDT
In a message dated 8/10/1999 8:41:50 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< As I see the repetitive thing, it has more to do with the
continuity of the action. {pIj chechtaH nuvpu' law'} as you
quoted me was chosen with {-taH} because I meant that many
people are often in a continuous state of being drunk. There is
no sense that they are becoming drunk or recovering from being
drunk. When you witness them, they are drunk and as you witness
them, they remain drunk.
voragh's {reH jabbI'IDghomvam laDtaH voragh net Sov!} suggests
that if you visited him, he'd be at the keyboard when you walked
in and while you visited, he'd stay at the keyboard and when you
left, he would still be at the keyboard. If instead, he greeted
you at the door and you had a pleasant visit and every now and
then, he walked over to the keyboard and answered a message or
two and then returned, then he probably should have said, {reH
jabbI'IDghomvam laDqa' voragh net Sov!}
Does this make sense? There is a difference between saying that
he is always doing it vs. saying that he is always doing it
AGAIN. The latter implies that the action is broken and
repetitive rather than continuous. >>
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qatlho', charghwI'. 'ej Satlho', Hoch. jIHvaD lI' jabbI'IDvam.
mughojmoHlaH De'vam rurbogh De'.
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