tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 30 17:44:23 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 20:44:07 EDT
In a message dated 5/30/2006 7:25:28 PM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
> >That's my question, because the suffixes do imply tenses,
>
> No, they don't. Context is what implies the proper English tense to use. You
> don't just stroll up to someone and say {qaneH}; there'd be something
> leading into or out of that phrase that tells you how to position the action
> in time.
>
Even if you did just stroll up to someone and say {qaneH}, there is the
setting to consider. There is always a setting in a spoken context.
lay'tel SIvten
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