> bIpawpu'DI', qagh vIneH. When you 

> arrived, I wanted gagh.

> I'm describing your arrival as completed: 

> you're standing before me. I'm describing

> my desire without the perfective, because

> my desire is not completed when you 

> arrive.

Ok, I understand this. But let me ask you something..

Yesterday, a romulan beams down in my room, punches me, and then leaves.

Looking back on the event, should I write: {jIHDaq narghpu'DI', muqIppu'}

or should I write {jIHDaq narghpu'DI', muqIp}?

Instinctively, I'd choose to say {jIHDaq narghpu'DI', muqIppu'} ("as soon as he has appeared he has hit me"). But I get the impression that this could be understood as "by the time he appeared he had already hit me", i.e. the hitting took place before the romulan's arrival.

~ Dana'an

the ancient cat I want alive

the rest I'll grind beneath my boot