[Tlhingan-hol] A question on aspect

[qurgh lungqIj]

No, just as killinged or killeding is nonsense in English, ghoStaHpu' and
ghoSpu'taH are nonsense in Klingon. The most likely reply you'll get is
{nuqjatlh!?}.

qurgh
On Oct 25, 2015 3:44 PM, "qunnoQ HoD" <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> > (It's as wrong as "I'm killinged him")
>
> ok,i understand now that it is wrong,and i certainly will not use it ; but
> out of curiosity.. if someone fluent in Klingon heard this (the
> {nughoStaHpu'} or {nughoSpu'taH}) do you think he would understand what i
> would be trying to say ?
>
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Lieven <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Am 25.10.2015 um 15:26 schrieb qunnoQ HoD:
>>
>>> i'm pretty sure that the answer will be <<no>>,but just to err on the
>>> safe side i will ask anyway..
>>>
>>
>> Indeed, the answer is no.
>>
>> But even from the english point of view, how can something be
>> "continuously ongoing" and be "finished" on the same time?
>>
>> Think about that. :-)
>>
>> (It's as wrong as "I'm killinged him")
>>
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