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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/13/2019 11:21 AM, nIqolay Q wrote:<br>
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class="gmail_default">As for the original question, using {-meH}
with {-pu'} or {-ta'} seems like it would mean something like
"in order to complete doing something".<br>
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class="gmail_default">{paq vIlaDta'meH juHwIjDaq jIratlh.} "I
stayed home to complete/finish reading the book." I wanted to
make "reading the book" a completed action, so I stayed home.
Something like that. It might not translate easily into English
but the usage makes sense.</div>
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<p>Seems reasonable to me.</p>
<p><b>paq vIlaDmeH juHwIjDaq jIratlh<br>
</b><i>I stay home to read the book</i></p>
<p><b>paq vIlaDta'meH juHwIjDaq jIratlh<br>
</b><i>I stay home to finish reading the book</i></p>
<p>Though note that, lacking perfective on <b>jIratlh,</b> my
remaining is not a completed action.<br>
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