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Re: Aspect



ja' peHruS:
>DumISmoH DIvI' Hol mu' {perfect} mu' {perfective} je 'e' vISIv.

mu'mey'e' yIlonchu'.  qech'e' yIbuS.  maHvaD QIj tlhIngan Hol mu'ghom.

>rapbe'.

ramchu'.  not "perfect" lo' TKD.  "perfect" yIlIj.

>"completion" 'oS mu' {perfect}; "internal temporal constituency of a situation
>or event" 'oS {perfective}.  "continuation" 'oSbej mu' {imperfective} HochHom.
>'ach "internal structure of the activity expressed by the verb" 'oSbej je
>{imperfective}.  chaq ghu' {imperfective} Dalo'chu'.

"internal temporal consistency"?  nuqjatlh?
mISmoH neH mu'meyqoqvam.  Hov leng cham chatlh rur.
Dapvam vISaHbe'.  tlhIngan Hol wIqeltaHvIS, potlh pab QIjbogh TKD neH.

>maHvaD QIj TKD RLTrask
>je:  "In English, perfective aspect is chiefly expressed by the simple past-
>tense form (A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics, p.204).

jISaHbe'chu' jay'!
chay' muQaHlaH English pab qelbogh Trask, tlhIngan pab vIlo'taHvIS?

-- ghunchu'wI'




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