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Perfective IS completed action



TKD p41.  {-pu'} perfective.  This suffix indicates that an action IS
completed.

Emphasis added but quote is verbatim.

Carefully considered, I see this in harmony with the classical definition of
perfective.

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In addition, I see that MO has left the doors wide open for later proving that
Klingon grammarians regard Aspect somewhat differently than the classical
grammarians on Earth.

peHruS, still hoping MO gives us cheb'a'mey further examples from which we can
deduce the vIDna'.



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