[tlhIngan Hol] perfective {-pu'} using/combining aspect with no aspect

[Iikka Hauhio]

Dana'an:

> I'm asking this because I understand the klingon as "yesterday, as soon as I'm hungry, I have ordered a pizza", meaning that I "feel" it very close to "yesterday, as soon as I'm hungry, I've (already) ordered a pizza".

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Perhaps you could say

wa'Hu' jIghungchoHDI', wejHa' pItSa' vIvunpu'.

to make clear that you have ordered the pizza as of becoming hungry.

I think your suggestion (wa'Hu' jIghungDI', pItSa' vIvunpu') might work given the correct context, but may also be unclear without context.

Iikka "fergusq" Hauhio
------- Original Message -------
On Thursday, April 7th, 2022 at 16.12, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, thanks. I understand so far. But there's something else I've started to wonder.
>
> Suppose I say: {wa'Hu' jIghungDI', pItSa' vIvunpu'}, for "yesterday, as soon as I was hungry, I ordered a pizza".
>
> Doesn't this give you the impression that my ordering the pizza happened before I was hungry?
>
> I'm asking this because I understand the klingon as "yesterday, as soon as I'm hungry, I have ordered a pizza", meaning that I "feel" it very close to "yesterday, as soon as I'm hungry, I've (already) ordered a pizza".
>
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