tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 04 00:43:15 1999

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Here are some sentences for comments:

loD legh puq = The boy sees the man.
loD leghtaH puq = The boy is seeing the man.
loD leghpu' puq = The boy has seen the man.
loD leghta' puq = The boy saw the man and may see him again.
loD leghlI' puq = The boy sees the man now but won't keep on seeing him for
long.

be' SuchtaHvIS loD, loD legh puq = The boy sees the man while the man is
visiting the woman.
be' SuchtaHvIS loD, loD leghtaH puq = The boy keeps on seeing the man all the
whild the man is visiting the woman.
be' SuchtaHvIS loD, loD leghpu' puq = The boy saw the man while the man was
visiting the woman.
be' SuchtaHvIS loD, loD leghta' puq = The boy was seeing the man and may still
see the man for a limited duration, while the man has been visiting the woman.
be' SuchtaHvIS loD, loD leghlI' puq = The boy is seeing the man, but it will
end soon, and simultaneously the man is visiting the woman.

be' SuchDI' loD, loD legh puq = When the man visits the woman, the boy will
see the man.
be' Suchpu'DI' loD, loD legh puq = Once the man has visited the woman, the boy
will see him.
be' SuchDI' loD, loD leghtaH puq = When the man visits the woman, the boy will
still be seeing him.
be' Suchpu'DI' loD, loD leghtaH puq = As soon as the man finishes visiting the
woman, the boy will still be seeing him.
be' SuchDI' loD, loD leghpu' puq = When the man visited the woman, the boy had
seen him.
be' Suchpu'DI' loD, loD leghpu' puq = By the time the man had visited the
woman, the boy had already seen him.

be' Suchpa' loD, loD legh puq = The boy saw the man before the man saw the
woman.
be' Suchpu'pa' loD, loD legh puq = The boy saw the man before the man had seen
the woman.
be' Suchpa' loD, loD leghtaH puq = The boy was seeing the man even before the
man saw the woman.
be' Suchpu'pa' loD, loD leghtaH puq = Before the man had completed seeing the
woman, the boy was seeing that man.
be' Suchpa' loD, loD leghpu' puq = The boy had seen the man before the man saw
the woman.
be' Suchpu'pa' loD, loD leghpu' puq = The boy had already seen the man before
the man had seen the woman.

That's enough for now.

peHruS



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