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<p>majQa'! SoQvetlh vIqawbe'pu' vaj vIQulnIS. toH, jatlhpu' <i>bIQtIq
bom</i> (heh heh).</p>
<p>DaH jImughqa' jIH'e'. <i>Qel 'Iv</i> ngo' DaSov'a'?<br>
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<p>wa' jaj jIchegh. jIcheghbej. jIcheghpa' yIpayQo'; yISaQQo';
yIbIt'eghmoHQo'. yIvoqchu' neH bIruchtaHvIS 'ej jIvoqHa'be' je
jIHvaD 'e' yItob.<br>
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face="times new roman, serif">Sustel: </font></span></div>
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style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times
new roman",serif" lang="EN-US"><i>Doctor Who</i>
mughta’ghachlIj vIlaD ’e’ vItIv
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style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:wingdings"
lang="EN-US">J</span><br>
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style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:wingdings"
lang="EN-US"><span
style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times
new roman",serif" lang="EN-US">DaH Doctor Who ’ay’
vImugh ’e’ vInIDnIS je!</span><br>
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style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:wingdings"
lang="EN-US"><span
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style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:wingdings"
lang="EN-US"><span
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new roman",serif" lang="EN-US">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times
new roman",serif" lang="EN-US">< Hegh Hoch ’e’
Sov Hoch. ’ach Hoch jaj
qaSbe’. jajvam qaSbe’. le’ ’op jaj. le’qu’ ’op jaj.
’op jaj Hegh pagh nuv. rut,
wa’logh qaStaHvIS poH nI’qu’, wa’ jaj qaStaHvIS wa’
’uy’ jajmey, DoqtaHvIS
bIQtIq bIQ ’ej rItlu’DI’ ghoS Qel, taH Hoch. ></span></p>
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new roman",serif" lang="EN-US"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times
new roman",serif" lang="EN-US"> jIQaghpu'chugh
jIHvaD yIja'.<span></span></span></p>
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new roman",serif" lang="EN-US"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times
new roman",serif" lang="EN-US">qatlho' !</span></p>
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new roman",serif" lang="EN-US"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times
new roman",serif" lang="EN-US">~mughwI'</span></p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2017-02-12 18:20 GMT+01:00 SuStel <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<p>jum. choQoylaHchugh jIratlhlaH 'e' vIQub. mIw
vISovbe'. jIDogh. bIDogh, Qel qan. bIvemDI' SoS vav
je Daghaj 'ej choqawbe'. toH, loQ choqaw. nachlIj
Dabbogh lut jIH. lu'. tagha' lut 'oH Hoch'e'. lut
yIQaQmoH. nIvmo', nIvbejmo': 'IDnar 'aplo' nIHta'
maw'bogh loD qan 'ej Haw'ta'. vInIHta' 'e' qaja'?
toH, vIngIpta'; reH vIcheghmoH 'e' vIHech. 'o
'aplo'vetlh, <i>Amy,</i> 'aplo'vetlh Daghom
bInajtaHvIS. not Dumej. quq ngoDmeyvam: tIn 'ej
mach, chu'chu' 'ej qanqu'; 'ej SuDchu'ghachDaj SuD
law' Hoch SuD puS. 'ej Doch DIta'bogh, qar'a'? Doch
lujallu'bogh. Doch DIta'be'bogh. bInajtaHvIS ratlh
Dochmeyvam. Qel <i>Amy Pond</i> je... qaSbe'bogh
jajmey je.</p>
<p>SoQchoH Qarghmey. 'ach SoQlaHbe'chu' latlh Dop
vIghoSpa'. DaH naDev jInov. ratlhbogh qaSHa'ghach
vIbuSQo'. qaSqa'ghach vImuS. yIyInchu'. <i>Rory</i>
yImuSHa'. <i>Bye-bye, Pond.</i><br>
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On 2/12/2017 10:27 AM, Aurélie Demonchaux wrote:<br>
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for your help and explanations Sustel !</div>
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<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I
think I get it now :)</div>
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style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">~mughwI'</div>
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<div><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">PS:
"TARDIS-blue", I love your choice of example
;) </span><font face="times new roman,
serif">Whovian jIH</font><font face="arial,
helvetica, sans-serif"> !</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2017-02-11 18:16
GMT+01:00 SuStel <span dir="ltr"><<a
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2/11/2017 8:34 AM, Aurélie Demonchaux
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<div
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the lack of tense can be a bit
confusing sometimes and it's taking
me a bit of time getting used to.</div>
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<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I'm
still working to figure out also how
it works with the verb suffixes.</div>
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<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">For
example, in the 4 possible sentences
below, do I get the exact nuances
right?</div>
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serif">jIvutpu’ ’e’ vIparHa’ </font></div>
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style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">-
I like that I cooked (at some point
in the past)</div>
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style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">-
I like that I have cooked (just now)</div>
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style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">-
I like finishing to cook (maybe
implying that this is when I can
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<p>"At some point in the past" implies
past tense, which we know Klingon
doesn't have. Instead, the <b>-pu'</b>
tells us that "I cook" is a completed
action. In English we can't separate
tense and aspect, so the distinction is
difficult for English-speakers to grasp.</p>
<p><b>jIvutpu'<br>
</b><i>I cooked; I have cooked; I will
have cooked<br>
</i>I perform, performed, or will
perform an act of cooking, and I now,
did, or will complete that act.</p>
<p>The single word in no way tells you
whether the action is past, present, or
future. It means all of them and none of
them at the same time, the same way that
<i>blue</i> means sky-blue and navy-blue
and TARDIS-blue all at the same time.<br>
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<p><b>wa'Hu' jIvutpu'<br>
</b><i>yesterday I cooked; yesterday I
had cooked</i></p>
<p><b>DaH jIvutpu'<br>
</b><i>right now I have cooked</i></p>
<p><b>wa'leS jIvutpu'<br>
</b><i>tomorrow I will have cooked</i></p>
<p>Contexts like these are required to
determine <i>when</i> the cooking
happened.</p>
<p>If you don't use an aspect suffix, you
are explicitly talking about an action
that is not completed (or continuous) in
the moment your are describing.</p>
<p><b>jIvut<br>
</b><i>I cook; </i><i>It's true that I
cook things</i></p>
<p>This also does not specify <i>when</i>
an action happened, which requires
context:</p>
<p><b>wa'Hu' jIvut<br>
</b><i>I cooked yesterday; it's true
that I engaged in cooking yesterday</i></p>
<p><b>DaH jIvut<br>
</b><i>I cook now; at other times I may
not have cooked, but it's true that I
cook now</i></p>
<p><b>wa'leS jIvut<br>
</b><i>I will cook tomorrow; tomorrow
I'll do some cooking</i></p>
<p>You can make a similar comparison with
the continuous suffixes.<span
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