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

[mayqel qunenoS]

DloraH:
> Construct your sentences in "present
> tense", and then, if it takes place at a different time, whether in the
> past or in the future, then you add a timestamp to specify that.

this is a good advice, and I'll definitely do that from now on;

aspect is one of the most difficult things to comprehend, because (as
strange as this may sound) I don't understand what it is I'm not able
to understand in the first place. (if this actually makes sense)..

qunnoH jan puqloD

On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 2:18 AM, DloraH <seruq at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-11-16 at 14:26 +0200, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
>> 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'
>
> Actually, that sentence doesn't get that specific.  You don't have a
> -choH nor a -taH/-lI' on there.
>
> qaleghchoHDI'... as soon as you start seeing...
> qaleghtaHDI'... as soon as you are continuously seeing... hmm.
> If it was during the seeing, you could use -taHvIS.
>
> Don't confuse -pu with past tense.  Construct your sentences in "present
> tense", and then, if it takes place at a different time, whether in the
> past or in the future, then you add a timestamp to specify that.
> Past tense is done using a timestamp, not by using suffixes.
>
>
>
> - DloraH
>
>
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