On 11/16/2016 5:34 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:

If I want to write "yesterday as soon as we ate" then I would probably
say {wa'Hu' maSoppu'DI'}

If I want to write "four days ago as soon as I saw you" then I would
probably write {loS Hu' qaleghpu'DI'}

If I want to write "four months ago as soon as I hit you" then I would
probably say {loS wen qaqIppu'DI'}

If the above sentences are correct, then this means that when we talk
about a past event which is described by the {-DI'}, then always the
{-pu'} is appropriate.

Or, to express the same question differently "is there a way for a
past event, which is described by the {-DI'} not to be completed, thus
not being able to take the {-pu'} ?"

Your examples are all about doing something when an event is completed. maSoppu'DI' means as soon as we finished eating, but not as soon as we are engaged in eating (maSopDI'). qaleghpu'DI' means as soon as I finished seeing you, that is, as soon as our meeting is over. If you mean as soon as I see you, once our meeting has begun, use qaleghDI'. qaqIppu'DI' means as soon as I have hit you (and the action is over). One could imagine the hitting having started, and then you'll call the police as it continues: qaqIpDI'.

Notice that none of these has anything to do with the time stamp. As always, Klingon aspect has nothing to do with the tense of a sentence. There is no such rule about expressing "as soon as a past event."

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