SuStel:
> What's important is whether the particular
> action you're describing is completed as it
> happens at that point in the sentence.
oh-my-god ! this is perfect !
Now I understand the mistake I had been doing ; while I was writting, I was wondering not with regards to "was the action completed then ? (at that point in the story)" ; I was wondering "is the action completed now (at the time I'm writting the sentence)".
Things seem to have become a lot clearer. I'll take this new-found knowledge for a spin and see how it goes.
qunnoq
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On 8/22/2016 1:39 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
If I'm writing a passage, which clearly concerns a number of completed
events, do I need to repeat the {-pu'} on every verb, or just once or
twice suffices ?
If you're actually describing the completion of events, use a completion suffix every time.
Again, it's not important whether you're describing events that have been completed at some point. What's important is whether the particular action you're describing is completed as it happens at that point in the sentence.
Don't be confused by the English tendency to narrate stories in the past tense. Klingon does not do this.
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SuStel
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