SuStel:
Yes, the issue here is that -DI' on verbs expressing qualities often makes little sense, because "as soon as" implies that something happens as soon as the expressed change occurs. jIghungDI' doesn't express a change of state; it only expresses a state, so there's nothing "as soon as" about it.
Ok, I understand this. SuStel:
jIghungchoHDI' solves this problem.
At first, I thought too of writing {jIghungchoHDI'}, but then I went with {jIghungDI'} because I wanted to write an example where the {-pu'} would be meaningless. But now I wonder.. By using the {-choH} on {ghung} we avoid the obstacle of a meaningless {-pu'} on a quality verb. Also we want to report an event by looking back on it. So suppose we write: wa'Hu' jIghungchoHDI', pItSa' vIvunpu' In the sentence above, wouldn't it be preferable if instead of {jIghungchoHDI'} we had {jIghungchoHpu'DI'}, since we report an event by looking back on it? And returning to the question troubling me earlier, I still have this problem which drives me crazy: Regardless whether we write {wa'Hu' jIghungchoHDI', pItSa' vIvunpu'} or {wa'Hu' jIghungchoHpu'DI', pItSa' vIvunpu'}, can't this be understood as "I have (already) ordered the pizza, before I become/have become hungry"? -- Dana'an https://sacredtextsinklingon.wordpress.com/ Ζεὺς ἦν, Ζεὺς ἐστίν, Ζεὺς ἔσσεται· ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ