[Tlhingan-hol] mutually subordinate clauses?

[David Trimboli]

On 6/5/2012 8:52 AM, David Trimboli wrote:
>
> I'm sorry I don't have a good word to cover every possible meaning of
> non-aspect sentences.

Although, perhaps it is "imperfective":

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperfective>

"The imperfective... is a grammatical aspect used to describe a 
situation viewed with internal structure, such as ongoing, habitual, 
repeated, and similar semantic roles, whether that situation occurs in 
the past, present, or future. Although many languages have a general 
imperfective, others have distinct aspects for one or more of its 
various roles, such as progressive, habitual, and iterative aspects.

"English is an example of a language with no general imperfective. The 
English progressive is used to describe ongoing events such as 'The rain
was beating down.' Habitual situations do not have their own verb form,
but the construction 'used to' conveys past habitual action, as in 'I
used to ski.' Unlike in languages with a general imperfective, in
English the simple past tense can be used for situations presented as
ongoing, such as 'The rain beat down continuously through the night.'"

Klingon could be described as having an imperfective aspect that is the
general imperfective, except for the progressive. It is indicated by not
using a Type 7 verb suffix. Two kinds of aspect may be referred to
explicitly with the Type 3 verb suffixes.

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