On 11/23/2016 10:44 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
jIH:
jIHaDchoHta'DI' SuStel: jIHaDchoHDI'
I was trying to express "as soon as I had started studying", trying to give emphasis to the fact that "my starting" had been completed. But now I wonder: In the {jIHaDchoHta'DI'}, is it possible for the {-ta'} to refer to the {-choH}, or does it exclusively refer to the verb ?
Saying *jIHaDchoHDI'* doesn't mean the starting of your studying is incomplete.**It does mean that studying has started. Although it isn't described this way in /TKD,/ *-choH* is a kind of aspect just like *-pu', -taH,* and the other type 7s are. Aspect describes how an action behaves over time. *-choH* describes the action as suddenly starting, then continuing from that point. Combining *-choH* and *-DI'* is enough to say "as soon as this starting point arrives." Whether *-ta'* must refer to only the verb or can be applied to the *-choH* is not a settled issue, but I don't think you need to resolve it to say what you're trying to say. You're interested in a starting point, not a stopping point. *-ta'* describes a stopping point; *-choH* describes a starting point. Or to look at it another way: at what point do you finish starting? Can you point to the moment that *-DI'* points to, when the starting is completed and something else happens? -- SuStel http://trimboli.name