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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/22/2016 9:16 AM, Lieven wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:6fef2be3-f745-5902-e802-0e1c7725b73f@gmx.de"
type="cite">Am 22.08.2016 um 15:04 schrieb SuStel: <br>
<blockquote type="cite">Your use of aspect has been turning into
tense lately. Be careful! <br>
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Yes, indeed. Basic rule to remember: if in doubt, do not use it
:-) <br>
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<p>I'd say the basic rule is, if in doubt, ask someone else.
Omitting an aspect suffix has a specific, anti-aspect meaning.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">ago. *ben law' */dog/ *vIghaj* /many years
ago I had a dog. /On the <br>
other hand, the aspect suffix on *vIpongta'* is appropriate. <br>
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Although it could also be omitted: Using the -ta' suffix, it means
that you have given the name to the dog, is was the action of
labeling the name that is completed. Without the suffix, it means
that you were naming your dog like this constantly. <br>
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<p> I said the aspect suffix was appropriate, because his meaning in
this case is clear. Let's not confuse the issue. The aspect suffix
should not be omitted in this sentence because he's trying to
establish a time context of many years ago, in which he was in
possession of a dog and had previously given that dog a name.<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:6fef2be3-f745-5902-e802-0e1c7725b73f@gmx.de"
type="cite"> As a different topic (maybe someone else said before)
I would suggest you use {targh} to talk about your dog, even
though it's not a targ. It makes you think more in Klingon when
writing (and it's easier to read for others as well - a "g"
without "h" just looks unusual) <br>
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<p>I disagree. Use a foreign word if the language has no native word
that will do. A dog is not a targ, and is not close enough to a
targ for Maltz to have translated <b>targh</b> as <i>dog.</i><br>
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