SuStel:
Again, I think perfective on quality verbs can be tricky and not very useful
Indeed ! I remember, when I was reading for the first time tkd's section on type-7 verb suffixes, I said to myself "ok, sounds simple..". Only to realize later on, that my worst nightmare would become the correct use of aspect. Luckily, this thread has been a tremendous help. But let me ask you just one more thing.. When we say: {taj vISampu'} we mean "I have located the knife, and the event of my locating the knife is over". And as soon as the knife has been located, a new reality has begun, the reality of "the knife having been located". I noticed earlier in the thread, that you wrote: "The addition of choH changes a quality verb into an action verb". So, suppose we write: {jIQuchchoHpu'} The way I understand this sentence, is: I have become happy, and the event which has been completed, is the "my becoming". But the sentence doesn' t specify whether my happiness is over. In contrast with the {jIQuchpu'} which means "I've been happy", specifying though that this happiness is over. Would you agree with this analysis ? ~ mayqel qunen'oS