Re: ba'

[PeHruS9@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/15/2002 7:44:17 AM Mountain Daylight Time, 
SuStel@hotmail.com writes:


> Personally, I don't think /ba'/ necessarily means continuous occupation of a
> chair, couch, etc.  I think it means occupation of a chair, etc., for an
> unspecified amount of time, maybe an instant, maybe a day, whatever.
> 

While we all know that Klingon is not the same as any Terran language and may 
not have the same grammar terms applied to it, the term Aorist comes to mind. 
 I see verbs unmarked by aspect as being rather "general."

peHruS

I welcome comments.