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RE: KLBC "Star Trek: Klingon"



jIjatlh:
> ben puS vIje' 'ej vIQujchoH, 'ach 
> vIQujta'be'. jIHvaD Dal. chaq jItaghqa'.


jatlh SuStel:
> Just wanted to point out a quickie here.  
> {vIQujta'be'} means "I did not finish 
> playing it," but it means that the act 
> of playing was not completed, not that 
> you didn't finish the game.  That would 
> be {vIQujchu'be'} "I did not play it to 
> completion."  With the {-ta'be'}, it 
> implies that you are still playing it.

Aye, and I was thinking of the computer game as something I had started and
was sort of still vaguely planning to complete, even though I have not
touched it in at least two years. The act of playing is an ongoing, sporadic
process that is not yet complete. Thus I chose <-ta'>.


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