tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 30 16:56:59 2006
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Re: Brainfart question (so dumb it should be KLBC)
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: Brainfart question (so dumb it should be KLBC)
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 19:56:42 EDT
In a message dated 5/30/2006 6:20:13 PM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
> In a nutshell, {-taH}, {-ta'} and {-pu'} indicate aspect (the state of
> completion), not tense. So {qaneH} could mean "I want you," "I wanted you,"
> "I will want you," and all other ways of writing variations of tense in
> English (am going to, used to, have wanted, and so on).
Some of these last examples include aspect. E.g., "used to" is
imperfective-habitual, with implication of 'no longer', i.e., now completed.
lay'tel SIvten
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