Re: Locating a Sentence's Action in Time Sorik of Vulcan Sun, 04 Oct 1998 17:20:37 PDT >> >> TM >> -1--------0--------1 >> imperfect - initial ?<----0>? >> inclusive progressive ?<----0---->? >> imperfect - final ?<0---->? >> perfect <0> >> exclusive progressive ?<--->0<--->? > >Maybe this will help... > >, [tense-moment] > -1-----[-----]------1 > incomplete - initial { <----->[-----] > { <---[->---] > continuous <-[-----]-> > incomplete - final { [---<-]---> > { [-----]<-----> > complete [<--->] > indeterminate ?[-----]? > I like Rob's illustration better. The whole aspect of "inclusive" meaning including the tense-moment, and "exclusinve" not including the tense-moment is appealing to me. >> lihe th'k'tvehi vdik'wawjehi >> "I wrote the invitation" > >I think with vdi-, as I intended it, would mean >"invited one." would still be "the/an invitation" or "to >invite" or "inviting" (as an adjective). I'm confused as to what vdi- means, and when it should be used. And is k'wawje suposed to be "invitation"? If so, then shouldn't k'wawja be singular "one invitation" and k'wawje be "more than five invitations"? I also don't understand why we use <-hi> at the end of k'wawje. Wouldn't that mean "to the invitation? Or with the above, are you really litterally saying, "I wrote to the invited one"? >> lihe th'prashila Spokhi th'kahscuwanhe >> "I began my speech to Spock during my kahswan" Shouldn't we have an <'at> in there somewhere? Because th'at'prala would mean "my speech" and th'prala means "I speak". Finally, Am I the only one who has a REALLY hard time saying "ticuxoy"? I find it rather anoying personally. Sorik ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www,hotmail,com