SuStel:
naH jajmeywIj bIQ'a' HeHDaq jIyIt In my youth I walked on the beach. My intention here is to imply that I used to walk on the beach; it was my habit to walk on the beach in my youth jIH: If this sentence describes a habit taking place during youth, then shouldn't the sentence be {qaStaHvIS naH jajmeywIj, bIQ'a' HeHDaq jIyIt} ? The way I would understand {naH jajmeywIj bIQ'a' HeHDaq jIyIt}, is that "in my youth, once I walk on the beach". SuStel: The sentence could be interpreted as In my youth I walk on the beach, but only if you're conceptually casting yourself back in time to those heady vegetable days.
I'm rather confused here.. In your original sentence, i.e. {naH jajmeywIj bIQ'a' HeHDaq jIyIt}, your intended meaning was the stating of an action while conceptually casting yourself back in time at that moment ? At a moment of a specific walk on the beach, where a crab bites your foot ? An action/event which took place only once ? Or was the intended meaning that while you were young you were habitually walking on a beach ? i.e. describing an event which was happening regularly ? But an event you're actually re-living at the time of the narration of the sentence ? Or was the intended meaning, the description of a habitual event which was happening regularly, but without re-living it at the time that the sentence is spoken ? mayqel *I love maltz* qunen'oS