Re: [tlhIngan Hol] does the {-ta'} leave room for interpretation for the {-pu'} ?

De'vID:

So what you want to say is "I *would have* inflicted a deliberate hit on you, were I to have hit you?"

Yes, something like that. Anyway, perhaps I'm overanalyzing this matter; let alone the fact, that neither in english nor in greek, someone could express the "I did not inflict a deliberate hit on you", with a simple "I didn't hit you". Context would have to clarify.. So, I'll just say a simple {qaqIppu'be'}, and leave it at that. ~ mayqel qunen'oS