<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12.0px;"><div>SuStel:<br/>
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> I don't think you're identifying the time context correctly. In po ram je qubbID HaDtaH ghaH, jaj veb vaj qaD Qappu' 'ej ngeD qaD, we have two distinct time contexts. po ram qubbID HaDtaH ghaH is set in po ram qubbID the time between morning and night, and jaj veb vaj qaD Qappu' is set in jaj veb the next day. HaDtaH is continuous over po ram qubbID, and Qappu' takes place sometime in jaj veb. (ngeD qaD is a sort of timeless fact, though it refers to something that existed during jaj veb). They take place when their time expressions say they do.<br/>
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Sorry, I was actually referring to the time context of the second sentence, but that's not important anymore: your reply has solved my doubts anyway. Thank you!<br/>
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So, I (*really*) hope I've understood your point:<br/>
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Let's say I want to express in Klingon *I ate at 2 p.m. and then I went home*. That would be *jISoppu'* and *vIjaHpu'*.<br/>
*I ate from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. and then I went home*, assuming the similarity to *She had studied from morning to evening*, would be *jISoptaH* and *vIjaHpu'* (despite the fact that I would use the perfective *Pretérito Indefinido* in both cases in Spanish).<br/>
*I will eat at 2 p.m. and then I will go home* would also be *jISoppu'* and *vIjaHpu'*.<br/>
*I will eat more vegetables from today* would be *vISop*.<br/>
*I haven't eaten today* would be *jISoppu'be'*.</div>
<div>*I've lived here for two months* would be *vIDabtaH*.</div>
<div>*I've eaten this type of food before* / *I have eaten this type of food five times before* - I'm not sure about these ones. I would use *vISoppu'*, because I think we refer to several completed actions, any of them considered as a whole: we say we completed the eating once, two times etc. We're not speaking about the action from its inside, as it unfolds over time, without considering a beginning and an end (as we do when we speak about general truths, habits or actions that repeat an unspecified number of times).</div>
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<div>Well, if I still don't understand, then it's probably time to close this thread :-) I will think more about it and, above all, I will read more Klingon.</div></div></body></html>