tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 01 16:25:12 1999
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RE: KLBC "Star Trek: Klingon"
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC "Star Trek: Klingon"
- Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 17:26:21 -0700
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'>.
pagh
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