[tlhIngan Hol] Expressing "painted with his blood"
SuStel
sustel at trimboli.name
Wed Apr 24 08:59:41 PDT 2019
On 4/24/2019 11:47 AM, Lieven L. Litaer wrote:
> Am 24.04.2019 um 17:17 schrieb mayqel qunen'oS:
>> Would the following be correct ?
>>
>> {jagh Duj Daq cha'meH la', yav DIjta'; DIjmeH 'IwDaj lo'ta'}
>
> This is corect, although you should check if the usage of {-ta'} is
> necessary here. If you are using it as a past tense, then it's not needed.
It's necessary if they're completed actions. If you're looking back on
the situation and describing it as if it's already happened, then the
perfective is necessary. If you're describing it as if you're in the
middle of the action, you cannot use perfective.//Either could be used
here, depending on things like whether the teller is trying to set the
stage for a story or simply relate past facts.
//
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SuStel
http://trimboli.name
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