tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 07 10:02:11 1999
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Re: Aspect (was RE: KLBC-Fr.)
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Aspect (was RE: KLBC-Fr.)
- Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 12:00:51 CDT
jatlh ghunchu'wI':
> << I don't know what "imperfective" is in the context of the Klingon language
> .
> I would merely say that an action that is not completed is not perfective.
> Bringing in an extra-TKD term seems likely to cause more confusion than it
> can clear up. >>
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>
jang peHruS; jatlh:
> Aspect has two states: perfective and imperfective. These two states stand
> in opposition.
this may be a useful way of looking at aspect for languages like Russian
and Mandarin, but for Klingon, it is more useful to lokk at it in a
three-way manner (what a surprise :), as described in TKD:
a verb may show whether an action is viewed as "completed", as
"continuous", or neither.
> qechvam qellaw' TKD 'ach 'angchu'be'.
tlhIngan Hol qelmeH, potlhbe'law' qechvam.
vaj, 'angnISbe'lu'.
> ngaSbe'mo' TKD, qechvam Dalajbe'mo', HItIchqa'Qo'!
Dung ghItlhDaq, nItIchbogh mu' yI'ang!
> jIHvaD aspect DaghojmoH 'e' yInIDQo'!
tlhIngan Hol *aspect* Daghojqangbe''a'? wejpuH!
qatlh maja'chuq jay'?
> 'ej qul yIbaHtaHQo'!
Dung ghItlhDaq, SoHvaD qul baHbe' ghunchu'wI'.
qatlh bIbep?
> bIghoH 'e' DatIv 'ach vItIvbe'.
bIghoHqangbe'chugh, bIghojlaHbe'.
Marc Ruehlaender
aka HomDoq
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