[tlhIngan Hol] Why can't I say..

[mayqel qunenoS]

ok, thank you for explaining this.

it is not that I have anything against the {qaStaHvIS}; it is rather the
fact, that many times during writing I find myself writing the {qaStaHvIS}
again and again.

i wish there was an alternate expression, in order to be able to avoid
repeating the same phrase time and again.

qunnoH
ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'

On 8 Nov 2016 2:17 pm, "André Müller" <esperantist at gmail.com> wrote:

> A "time stamp" only marks a point in time, you can use words meaning
> "today", "on Monday", "in 2 years", etc. But in {DIS law'} you are not
> talking about a reference point in time, but about a long duration during
> which you did something. So {qaStaHvIS ...} is the correct option.
>
> Now you might argue that "in 2 years" and "(during) many years" both refer
> to quite broad time spans and not necessarily to *points* in time, but for
> "in 2 years" there is no duration specified, while "many years" explicitly
> refers to a duration.
>
> {ben law'} 'many years ago' would stand alone without a {qaStaHvIS} before
> it.
>
> - André
>
> 2016-11-08 11:51 GMT+01:00 mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com>:
>
>> Assume I want to write: "many years I've been tickling the cat".
>>
>> If I stop and think, what most people here are expecting to see, I
>> then I would write:
>>
>> {qaStaHvIS DIS law' vIghro' vIqotlh}.
>>
>> However, I really can't see the reason why I cannot write:
>>
>> {DIS law', vIghro' vIqotlh}.
>>
>> Is this wrong ? And if it is, could someone be so kind as to explain why ?
>>
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