[tlhIngan Hol] Using -ta' during -taHvIS

[Jeffrey Clark]

Hoch jaj — all the days
Hoch jajmey — each day
jaj Hoch — all day

—jevreH

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> On Feb 25, 2019, at 14:16, Will Martin <willmartin2 at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> If you make a vague statement in Klingon, we can’t decide which of three precise English sentences it means.
> 
> The Klingon sentence you’ve made is ambiguous, as has been pointed out. Context could disambiguate, or you could consider translating each of your meanings more precisely:
> 
> During ten years, I fed the cat once.
> 
> qaStaHvIS wa’maH DIS wa’logh vIghro’ vIje’.
> 
> During ten years, I fed the cat an unspecified number of times.
> 
> qaStaHvIS wa’maH DIS rut vIghro’ vije.
> 
> During ten years, I was constantly feeding the cat.
> 
> qaStaHvIS wa’maH DIS reH vIghro’ vIje’taH. 
> 
> Note this sounds like an exaggeration, since no cat would tolerate you constantly bothering it with food it didn’t want.
> 
> Perhaps:
> 
> qaStaHvIS wa’maH DIS, qaSDI' Hoch jaj wa’logh vIghro’ vije’.
> 
> I have a nagging feeling that I should have said {jaj Hoch} instead of {Hoch jaj}. One means “every” and the other means “each”, and I don’t remember which is which.
> 
> This is a great opportunity for someone to correct me.
> 
> charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan
> 
> rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Feb 25, 2019, at 9:42 AM, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Suppose I write:
>> {qaStaHvIS wa'maH DIS, vIghro' vIje'ta'}.
>> 
>> What does it mean ?
>> "During ten years, I fed the cat once"
>> "During ten years, I fed the cat an unspecified number of times"
>> "During ten years, I was constantly feeding the cat"
>> 
>> Which of the sentences above, correctly describes the meaning of the
>> original klingon sentence ?
>> 
>> ~ mayqel *capricorn* qunen'oS
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