[tlhIngan Hol] Past events {-pu'} and {-DI'}

[DloraH]

On Wed, 2016-11-16 at 12:34 +0200, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
> If I want to write "yesterday as soon as we ate" then I would probably
> say {wa'Hu' maSoppu'DI'}
> 
> If I want to write "four days ago as soon as I saw you" then I would
> probably write {loS Hu' qaleghpu'DI'}
> 
> If I want to write "four months ago as soon as I hit you" then I would
> probably say {loS wen qaqIppu'DI'}
> 
> If the above sentences are correct, then this means that when we talk
> about a past event which is described by the {-DI'}, then always the
> {-pu'} is appropriate.
> 
> Or, to express the same question differently "is there a way for a
> past event, which is described by the {-DI'} not to be completed, thus
> not being able to take the {-pu'} ?"
> 
> qunnoH jan puqloD


Is the "seeing" completed?
Say the "seeing" takes place over a couple hours.  If the -DI' refers to
when you start to see them, the beginning of that two hour period, you
would not use -pu'.


- DloraH