13 Mar
2019
13 Mar
'19
11:34 a.m.
On 3/13/2019 11:21 AM, nIqolay Q wrote:
As for the original question, using {-meH} with {-pu'} or {-ta'} seems like it would mean something like "in order to complete doing something".
{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.
Seems reasonable to me. *paq vIlaDmeH juHwIjDaq jIratlh */I stay home to read the book/ *paq vIlaDta'meH juHwIjDaq jIratlh */I stay home to finish reading the book/ Though note that, lacking perfective on *jIratlh,* my remaining is not a completed action. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name