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

[mayqel qunenoS]

hmm..

so, if I write {loS Hu' qaleghpu'DI'}, then I'm saying "yesterday, as soon
as my seeing you was completed". this means that what will follow in that
sentence, takes place after I stopped seeing you.

and If I write {loS Hu' qaleghDI'}, then this means "yesterday as soon as
my seeing you had started, but it still wasn't completed". this means that
what will follow in that sentence takes place as soon as I saw you, but
with "my seeing you" still taking place.

right ?

qunnoH
ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'

On 16 Nov 2016 2:02 pm, "DloraH" <seruq at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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