Re: Imperatives with aspect

[J242110559@aol.com]

jatlh "es991111471@hotmail.com":
>I was wondering what the meaning of imperative verbs with aspect suffixes 
>would mean.
>-pu' means an action is finished or completed, so tlhutlhpu' would mean "he 
>finished drinking" or "he completed (the act of) drinking".
>
>Would yItlhutlhpu' mean "Finish drinking!"?
My first inclination would be to say that {yItlhutlhpu'} is just as 
nonsensical as "Have drunk!", but now that you mention it, maybe it could 
mean, "Finish drinking!" {yItlhutlh} means that the state {bItlhutlh} should 
exist in the future, so perhaps {yItlhutlhpu'} means that the state 
{bItlhutlhpu'} should exist in the future, so that {yItlhutlhpu'} means, 
"Cause yourself to have finished drinking in the future," or, more concisely, 
"Finish drinking."

>LIkewise: yItlhutlhta' "Finish drinking (on purpose)!" (or something along 
>those lines)
Ditto what I just said, so that {yItlhutlhta'} might mean, "Cause yourself to 
have finished drinking in the future (intentionally)."

>yItlhutlhtaH "Keep drinking!"
This would probably only be true if the context were right. I suspect that it 
could also mean, "Be in the continuous state of drinking," or "Start drinking 
(with no definite stopping point)."

>yItlhutlhlI' "Keep drinking! (but stop eventually)"
Ditto. {yItlhutlhlI'} might mean, "Be in the process of drinking," or, "Start 
drinking (with a definite stopping point)."

- DujHoD