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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I disagree with your assessment of the English. <i>I have written</i> is not less remote in time than <i>I wrote.</i> The difference is only one of tense. <i>I have written four books. I wrote the last one last year.</i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Klingon <b>-pu’</b> and <b>-ta’</b> have only the aspectual part of the English. They tell you that the action is/was/will be completed. They don’t tell you when the action occurs or when it is completed. That information must be supplied elsewhere. <b>loS paq vIqonpu’. wa’ ben paq Qav vIqonpu’.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>SuStel<br>http://trimboli.name</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:a.appleyard@btinternet.com">Anthony Appleyard</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, November 28, 2016 6:25 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:tlhingan-hol@kli.org">tlhingan-hol@kli.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[tlhIngan Hol] Use of -pu' (verb suffux)</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>In detail, how much does e.g. {ghItlhpu'} correspond with English "I have written"? One use of the English perfect is in e.g.<br><br>"I wrote a book", and that was a while ago.<br><br>"I have written a book", recently and it is news that you need to know.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>