[Tlhingan-hol] Easter

[SuStel]

On 4/21/2016 1:53 PM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>
> {lIb} “be impending, imminent, loom” is perfect,
>

Yes, this was a word I wasn't aware of. It fits the bill nicely, though 
perhaps it has more of a teetering-on-the-edge feel to it, based on the 
English translations.

> but I think {-choHlI’} is redundant.   The quality {lIb} either is or 
> isn’t applicable in the present.  What’s the difference between 
> “Christmas is imminent” vs. “Christmas is drawing near”?  Just keep it 
> simple:
>
>   lIb QISmaS.
>
>  tugh qaS QISmaS.
>
> (BTW that’s one of my pet peeves:  People use far too many suffixes in 
> an attempt to mirror the temporal subtleties of English verbs.)
>

*lIbchoHlI'* isn't just redundant: it doesn't mean just /imminent./ It 
is something more like /progressing toward starting to be imminent/ or 
/starting to progress toward being imminent./ Or something.

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SuStel
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