<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 at 15:32, mayqel qunen'oS <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Suppose someone asks: {qatlh choqIppu'?}/{qatlh choqIppta'?}.<br>
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Somehow, I get the impression that by answering {qaqIpta'be'}, this<br>
answer could be interpreted as "I hit you, but it wasn't on purpose."<br>
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Somehow, I get the impression that by combining {-ta'} with {-be'},<br>
the listener could *still* understand that the action took place, but<br>
that it wasn't intentional.<br>
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So, is this the case indeed? Does the {-ta'} leave room for<br>
interpretation for the {-pu'}?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>According to TKD 4.2.7, "English translations seldom reveal the distinction [between {-pu'} and {-ta'}]."</div><div><br></div><div>I think your understanding is backwards. I'd understand {qaqIpta'be'} as "I didn't hit you", with the implication that I deliberately did not hit you. The {-be'} negates the completion or accomplishment, not the intentionality.</div><div><br></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">De'vID</div></div>