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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/23/2016 10:44 AM, mayqel qunenoS
wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">jIH:<br>
> jIHaDchoHta'DI'<br>
SuStel:<br>
> jIHaDchoHDI'</p>
<p dir="ltr">I was trying to express "as soon as I had started
studying", trying to give emphasis to the fact that "my
starting" had been completed. But now I wonder: In the
{jIHaDchoHta'DI'}, is it possible for the {-ta'} to refer to the
{-choH}, or does it exclusively refer to the verb ?</p>
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<p>Saying <b>jIHaDchoHDI'</b> doesn't mean the starting of your
studying is incomplete.<b> </b>It does mean that studying has
started. Although it isn't described this way in <i>TKD,</i> <b>-choH</b>
is a kind of aspect just like <b>-pu', -taH,</b> and the other
type 7s are. Aspect describes how an action behaves over time. <b>-choH</b>
describes the action as suddenly starting, then continuing from
that point. Combining <b>-choH</b> and <b>-DI'</b> is enough to
say "as soon as this starting point arrives."</p>
<p>Whether <b>-ta'</b> must refer to only the verb or can be
applied to the <b>-choH</b> is not a settled issue, but I don't
think you need to resolve it to say what you're trying to say.
You're interested in a starting point, not a stopping point. <b>-ta'</b>
describes a stopping point; <b>-choH</b> describes a starting
point.</p>
<p>Or to look at it another way: at what point do you finish
starting? Can you point to the moment that <b>-DI'</b> points to,
when the starting is completed and something else happens?<br>
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