[Tlhingan-hol] Aspect, etc

[SuStel]

On 12/2/2015 7:48 AM, André Müller wrote:
> But the difference between {'opHu' targh vIHoHpu'} and {'opHu' targh
> vIHoH} is minute if at all existing.

The difference between them is explained in TKD 4.2.7: "The absence of a 
Type 7 suffix usually means that the action is not completed and is not 
continuous..."

So whereas the first sentence expresses a completed action, the second 
does not. The second sentence could be used if I spent the day killing 
targs, or if I was a targ-hunter several days ago but I'm not now, or 
other interpretations like that. But the first sentence can only mean 
that as of several days ago, targ-killing was completed. It also doesn't 
mean that targ-killing was completed before several days ago, because 
that would be incorporating tense into the suffix.

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