[tlhIngan Hol] adverb {rut} {motlh} and aspect {-pu'}

[SuStel]

On 5/3/2022 8:40 AM, D qunen'oS wrote:
> During the previous summer, I never/always ate pizza.
> (I'm describing specific instances of (not) pizza-eating, so this is perfective)
> During the previous summer, I would never/always eat pizza.
> (I'm describing a tendency to (not) eat pizza, so this is imperfective)
>
> Would you agree with the above?

The first one is perfective /if/ you're describing specific instances of 
eating or not eating pizza, but the English doesn't necessarily mean 
that. /I always/never eat pizza/ COULD mean the same thing as /I would 
always/never eat pizza,/ so its perfectiveness is ambiguous outside of 
context. However, /I would always/never eat pizza/ is unambiguously 
imperfective.

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SuStel
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