tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat May 29 01:58:47 1999
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Re: mojaq <-jaj> <-ghach> <-ta'> je
- From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: mojaq <-jaj> <-ghach> <-ta'> je
- Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 10:33:56 +0200
- Organization: http://www.levinius.de
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[email protected] schrieb:
> qay'be'. The Aspect marker {-ta'} has to show an action which is wholly
> completed. The completion could be wholly accomplished already right now.
> But, because of the time stamp {wa'leS} the whole action will accomplish its
> completion tomorrow.
I remember this suffix with the homophone verb {ta'}.
Perhabs this is even Klingon ethymology :-)
{vIHoHta'} "I did kill him."
could be a shorter form of
{vIHoH 'e' vIta'} "I accomplished that I kill him."
or perhabs
{vIHoH 'e' 'oH ta''e'} "it is an accomplishement that I kill him"
This does indeed sound weird in english, in Klingon, it makes sense,
don't it?
muHwI'.