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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/16/2016 5:34 AM, mayqel qunenoS
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<pre wrap="">If I want to write "yesterday as soon as we ate" then I would probably
say {wa'Hu' maSoppu'DI'}
If I want to write "four days ago as soon as I saw you" then I would
probably write {loS Hu' qaleghpu'DI'}
If I want to write "four months ago as soon as I hit you" then I would
probably say {loS wen qaqIppu'DI'}
If the above sentences are correct, then this means that when we talk
about a past event which is described by the {-DI'}, then always the
{-pu'} is appropriate.
Or, to express the same question differently "is there a way for a
past event, which is described by the {-DI'} not to be completed, thus
not being able to take the {-pu'} ?"</pre>
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<p>Your examples are all about doing something <i>when</i> an event
is <i>completed.</i><b> maSoppu'DI'</b> means <i>as soon as we
finished eating,</i> but not <i>as soon as we are engaged in
eating</i> (<b>maSopDI'</b>). <b>qaleghpu'DI'</b> means <i>as
soon as I finished seeing you,</i> that is, as soon as our
meeting is over. If you mean <i>as soon as I see you,</i> once
our meeting has begun, use <b>qaleghDI'.</b> <b>qaqIppu'DI'</b>
means <i>as soon as I have hit you (and the action is over).</i>
One could imagine the hitting having started, and then you'll call
the police as it continues: <b>qaqIpDI'.</b></p>
<p>Notice that none of these has anything to do with the time stamp.
As always, Klingon aspect has nothing to do with the tense of a
sentence. There is no such rule about expressing "as soon as a
past event."</p>
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