tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 26 11:57:59 2002
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Re: similes
>>From: Quvar valer <[email protected]>
>>vIjonta' vIneH
ja' "Sulu' wa'" <[email protected]>:
>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'