Re: similes

[Alan Anderson <aranders@netusa1.net>]

>>From: Quvar valer <levinius@gmx.de>
>>vIjonta' vIneH

ja' "Sulu' wa'" <kli@doublezero.uklinux.net>:
>As I understand it, the -ta' means there is some point in the past at
>which either the wanting or the opportunity to
>capture happenned.

Not quite.  There is no implication of "past" at all.  In fact, the literal
translation of "I want to have captured prisoners" is probably a reasonable
way to understand the phrase, with "have captured" being a present state.

-- ghunchu'wI'